Posted on 09/10/2023 8:31:23 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
Treating newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients with semaglutide (trade names Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus) may drastically reduce or even eliminate their need for injected insulin.
Those are the remarkable findings of a small study.
"Our findings from this admittedly small study are, nevertheless, so promising for newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes patients that we are now absolutely focused on pursuing a larger study for a longer period of time," says Paresh Dandona, MD, Ph.D.
A total of 10 patients were studied, all of whom had been diagnosed in the past three to six months with type 1 diabetes. The mean HbA1c level (an individual's average blood sugar level over 90 days) at diagnosis was 11.7, far above the American Diabetes Association's HbA1c recommendation of 7 or below.
The patients were treated first with a low dose of semaglutide while also taking meal-time (bolus) insulin and basal (background) insulin. As the study continued, semaglutide dosing was increased while mealtime insulin was reduced in order to avoid hypoglycemia.
"Within three months, we were able to eliminate all of the mealtime insulin doses for all of the patients," says Dandona, "and within six months we were able to eliminate basal insulin in 7 of the 10 patients. This was maintained until the end of the 12-month follow-up period."
During that time, the patients' mean HbA1c fell to 5.9 at six months and 5.7 at 12 months.
"We found that a significant proportion of such diabetics still have some insulin reserve in the beta cells of their pancreas," Dandona explains. "This reserve is most impressive at the time of diagnosis, when 50% of the capacity is still present. This allowed us to hypothesize that semaglutide, which works through stimulation of insulin secretion from the beta cell, could potentially replace mealtime insulin administration."
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I smell faked results. Now who would have the incentive to release results of such a small (and statistically invalid) test result?
I wonder, I wonder, I do wonder.
Since Type Ones are not producing ANY insulin naturally, I can’t see how this is possible.
(Type 2 myself for almost 25 years, so I’m pretty much up on the whole business.)
>”Within three months, we were able to eliminate all of the mealtime insulin doses for all of the patients,” says Dandona, “and within six months we were able to eliminate basal insulin in 7 of the 10 patients”
Guessing that the stuff mitigates autoimmune anti islet cell response? Is it actually that slow of a process?
Maybe because you, like everyone else, don’t know everything, and you just accept what the conventional medical establishment tells you.
Read this:
Also this:
Type 1 diabetes: Almost half of patients produce insulin
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318094
“I smell faked results.”
ditto ... Type 1 is an autoimmune disease that has destroyed the insulin-producing Islets of Langerhans in the Pancreas ...
Type 1 diabetes: Almost half of patients produce insulin
In which case they’re Type 2, no?
You don’t read very well. The medical folks who wrote this are clear in what they are saying. Go argue with them, I am sure they will bow to your greater intelligence on the subject.
I think its clear that some pancreatic cells simply are not 100% burned out.
Type 1 is a diagnosis we make, it doesnt mean everyone who gets diagnosed as Type 1 is identical in pancreatic damage, and also this finding may mean our current definition of Type 1 isn’t scentifically correct. Because while they appear to not produce any insulin, in reality they may be producing a very small amount, but in such small amounts it either isn’t measurable, or is so small its used up extremely fast and therefore, again, not really measurable by typically-given tests.
Interesting. Too late for me.
Well said!
So, for $1,500 a month you too can be cured.
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