Posted on 09/20/2021 1:34:42 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A popular class of diabetes medications called GLP-1R agonists (Trulicity and Rybelsus) may also protect against glaucoma in diabetic patients, according to a new study led by researchers in the Scheie Eye Institute at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. The findings were published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.
The researchers looked at retrospective data of 1,961 diabetic patients who were new users of this class of drugs and matched them to 4,371 unexposed control subjects. After 150 days on average, 10 patients in the medicated group were newly diagnosed with glaucoma (0.5 percent) compared to 58 patients (1.3 percent) in the control group. The findings suggest that GLP-1 receptor agonists may decrease a diabetic patient's risk of developing glaucoma by half.
The findings are supported by a Penn Medicine study from 2020, which found that GLP-1R agonists reduced neuroinflammation and prevented retinal ganglion cell death in mice. This class of drugs has also shown similarly protective effects against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases in animal models, and clinical trials are underway to test the medications against neurodegenerative diseases in humans.
Glaucoma affects 3 million Americans and is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop the eye condition.
"It was very encouraging to see that a popular diabetes medication could significantly reduce the risk of developing glaucoma, and our study suggests that these medications warrant further study in this patient population," says Qi N. Cui, MD, Ph.D., with Brian VanderBeek, MD, MPH.
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You could also target it, yourself, by reducing your carbohydrate intake to a point well-below your carbohydrate burn rate.
Just eat meat & fruit/veg, and smoke a joint for a snack.
Diabetes and glaucoma erased...
:: smoke a joint for a snack ::
???
Dude!
Munchies.
Don’t tell them that a drug actually cures something . . . they’ll ban it!
If these drugs reduce neuroinflammation they can be repurposed for all types of diseases. Neuroinflammation has been a hot topic for a decade or so.
A look at goodrx.com has the price as little as $25 per box of 4 and on bing.com it says to inject every seven days. So $25 a month really is not that bad.
Rybelsus severe side effects:
RARE side effects
If experienced, these tend to have a Severe expression i
acute inflammation of the pancreas
acute kidney failure
a significant type of allergic reaction called anaphylaxis
a type of allergic reaction called angioedema
pancreatitis
Trulicity rare side effects:
RARE side effects
If experienced, these tend to have a Severe expression i
inflammation of the gallbladder
acute inflammation of the pancreas
acute kidney failure
hives
puffy face from water retention
a significant type of allergic reaction called
anaphylaxis
a type of allergic reaction called angioedema
Rare unless you are affected. If you listen close a lot of times the ads for these do list the severe side effects.
I’m sticking with weed even though I’ve no symptom of glaucoma.
Goodrx does not have them at $25. That is something one would have to work out with the company, directly.
For everyone else, it’s over $700 for four, even from Costco’s pharmacy.
Ouch! I just noticed you have to have a Trulicity savings card, not a coupon from GoodRx. You are right, it’s not the same as other drugs where you can get a discount through GoodRx. That’s a horrible price, especially if it is used to prevent a disease you may or may not get.
The findings suggest that GLP-1 receptor agonists may decrease a diabetic patient’s risk of developing glaucoma by half......
Small consolation after you’ve been diagnosed with diabetic retinopathy.
Forget the fruit; too many natural sugars. Am there, doing it.
Just think of it as preventative.
bkmk
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