Carwy
06-13-2006, 06:23 PM
2 Diabetes Drugs May Lower Blood Sugar
(CBS/AP) Two experimental pills seem to help older diabetes drugs lower patients' blood sugar, with the added bonus of a little weight loss.
The once-a-day medications are the first in a new class of Type 2 diabetes drugs that work in a unique way, and competitors Merck & Co. and Novartis AG both hope to win Food and Drug Administration approval to begin selling them by year's end.
That’s good news for the nearly 21 million Americans — or 7 percent of the population — who struggle with the disease, reports CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin.
CBS news (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/13/health/main1710126.shtml)
One question.
Doesn't all diabetes drugs lower blood sugar? Is that not why they're taken?
(CBS/AP) Two experimental pills seem to help older diabetes drugs lower patients' blood sugar, with the added bonus of a little weight loss.
The once-a-day medications are the first in a new class of Type 2 diabetes drugs that work in a unique way, and competitors Merck & Co. and Novartis AG both hope to win Food and Drug Administration approval to begin selling them by year's end.
That’s good news for the nearly 21 million Americans — or 7 percent of the population — who struggle with the disease, reports CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin.
CBS news (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/06/13/health/main1710126.shtml)
One question.
Doesn't all diabetes drugs lower blood sugar? Is that not why they're taken?