New drug to control Type 2 diabetes launched

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• Donny 10 years ago

  Please check your facts. The mitochondrion does NOT utilize glucose. Glucose can't cross the mitochondial membrane let alone enter the matrix. Read more about the pathophysiology of diabetes before you publish such articles.. ...
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  Please check your facts. The mitochondrion does NOT utilize glucose. Glucose can't cross the mitochondial membrane let alone enter the matrix. Read more about the pathophysiology of diabetes before you publish such articles..
  You can try Guyton's textbook of medical physiology or Robbin's pathology

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• Sara 10 years ago

  Good drug. In July of 2015. it was discovered that I got type 2 diabetes, By the end of the July month. I was given a prescription for the Metformin, I stated with the ADA diet and followed it completely for several weeks but ...
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  Good drug. In July of 2015. it was discovered that I got type 2 diabetes, By the end of the July month. I was given a prescription for the Metformin, I stated with the ADA diet and followed it completely for several weeks but was unable to get my blood sugar below 140, Without results to how for my hard work. I really panicked and called my doctor. His response?? Deal with it yourself, I started to feel that something wasn’t right and do my own research, Then I found Lisa’s great blog (google " HOW I FREED MYSELF FROM THE DIABETES " ) .. I read it from cover to cover and I started with the diet and by the next morning. my blood sugar was 100, Since then. I get a fasting reading between the mid 70s and 80s, My doctor was very surprised at the results that. the next week. he took me off the Metformin drug, I lost 30 pounds in my first month and lost more than 6 inches off my waist and I’m able to work out twice a day while still having lots of energy. The truth is that we can get off the drugs and help myself by trying natural methods..

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• grace 10 years ago

  Is this drug being used elsewhere already, or we are the human testers??
  Nothing was said about the side effects and about the drug, except it can be taken anytime of the day with or without food. Diabetics, please ask your ...
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  Is this drug being used elsewhere already, or we are the human testers??
  Nothing was said about the side effects and about the drug, except it can be taken anytime of the day with or without food. Diabetics, please ask your doctor questions before you start taking. It is your body and be wary of new drugs.There is no drug without side effect!!

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• No mars 10 years ago

  The drug has been in use in other countries for years, so others from those countries were the guinea pigs. I hope that makes you happy

  The drug has been in use in other countries for years, so others from those countries were the guinea pigs. I hope that makes you happy

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• mark 10 years ago

  i think the correct name is farxiga,currently being used in the united states

  i think the correct name is farxiga,currently being used in the united states

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• Tekonline.org 10 years ago

  Farxiga in the US and Forxiga in the EU

  Farxiga in the US and Forxiga in the EU

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• Tekonline.org 10 years ago

  "....Diabetes is caused by the failure of the “power-house” of the cell to use glucose to produce energy.
  
  The “power-house” is known as mitochondrial matrix. People with diabetes fail to convert most of the glucos ...
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  "....Diabetes is caused by the failure of the “power-house” of the cell to use glucose to produce energy.
  
  The “power-house” is known as mitochondrial matrix. People with diabetes fail to convert most of the glucose into energy...."

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• No Mars 10 years ago

  Don't just point out inaccuracies, educate us all with your "special pathophysiology of diabetes".

  Don't just point out inaccuracies, educate us all with your "special pathophysiology of diabetes".

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• Tekonline.org 10 years ago

  In the first place, which diabetes type was in question? Type 1 or type 2? They do have different pathophysiologies, as you know.
  
  Type 1, an autoimmune disorder by and large, has to to with the pancreatic beta cells, and t ...
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  In the first place, which diabetes type was in question? Type 1 or type 2? They do have different pathophysiologies, as you know.
  
  Type 1, an autoimmune disorder by and large, has to to with the pancreatic beta cells, and their suboptimal production of insulin.
  
  Type 2 has more to do with the inability of cells of the body to respond to insulin -- something to do with signal transduction involving the insulin receptor.
  
  Where does the "glucose entry into the mitonchondria" come in? (and for which type of diabetes?) In any case, it is PYRUVATE that enters the mitochondrion -- very basic biochemistry.

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• No Mars 10 years ago

  Where in the article did they mention that glucose enters the mitochondria?
  I don't think you even understand the article or yourself

  Where in the article did they mention that glucose enters the mitochondria?
  I don't think you even understand the article or yourself

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• Kwesi 10 years ago

  Better teach them not to each one type food. Poor system of digestion. Starch food. We need education of nutrition .medication will kill them.

  Better teach them not to each one type food. Poor system of digestion. Starch food. We need education of nutrition .medication will kill them.

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• kofi 10 years ago

  You lecture about the medicine which is fine but FAILED to give the price.....

  You lecture about the medicine which is fine but FAILED to give the price.....

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• Mahama72 & Montie3 10 years ago

  On January 8, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the oral Type 2 diabetes medicine Farxiga (generic name dapagliflozin), a joint development of Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca.Jan 10, 2014

  On January 8, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the oral Type 2 diabetes medicine Farxiga (generic name dapagliflozin), a joint development of Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca.Jan 10, 2014

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• Kwadjoe, USA 10 years ago

  How about the side effects of this medication? I don't recall reading anything about side effects in the article. The government must be cautious about approving these medications. Most of them have dangerous side effects dow ...
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  How about the side effects of this medication? I don't recall reading anything about side effects in the article. The government must be cautious about approving these medications. Most of them have dangerous side effects down the road and with Ghana being a developing country, the pharmaceutical company will get away with potential lawsuits as the legal system in Ghana is not as robust and advanced as it is in the advanced western countries.

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