Pramlintide improves glucose control in type 1 diabetes

[Northerner]

The addition of pramlintide, an analog of the naturally-occurring β-cell peptide amylin, before meals improves blood glucose control in patients with type 1 diabetes receiving insulin through an external closed-loop artificial pancreas system, according to a study published online June 18 in Diabetes Care.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-pramlintide-glucose-diabetes.html

 

[trophywench]

Interesting but you'd be stuffed without a closed loop system as 2.5 hours is way behind current bolus insulins, so you'd just go hypo!

 

[AJLang]

It also concerns me that they are trying to artificially delay gastric emptying when gastroparesis (delayed gastric emptying) is a complication of diabetes