An aspirin-like drug appears to lower blood sugar in people with type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
A study of the drug -- the prescription pain reliever
salsalate -- also found it reduced inflammation associated with type 2
diabetes. But it produced unwelcome side effects that could limit its
potential as a diabetes treatment.
"This trial is a test of possibly the oldest drug in
Western use, and, because it's so old, there are no clinical trials on
it," said study senior author Dr. Steven Shoelson, a professor of
medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
"This trial was for a full year and showed that salsalate
does lower blood glucose," said Shoelson, who is also the associate
research director at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.
The study, published in the July 2 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine,
included 286 people between 18 and 75 years old with type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body no longer produces enough of the
hormone insulin to convert carbohydrates from food into fuel for the
body.
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