The effect of regular alcohol use on the management of non-insulin diabetes mellitus.
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
; 49(8): 1327-32, 2003 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-14984005
ABSTRACT
This is a retrospective study, in which we investigated the impact of regular alcohol use on the clinical management of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients from the outpatient clinic of the VA Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. The study population included randomly selected NIDDM patients of which 40% used alcohol regularly. The fasting blood sugar (FBS) in non-users of alcohol stayed in the "normal" (< or = 140 mg/dl) and "acceptable " (< or = 175 mg/dl) range and that of regular users of alcohol remained at the "fair" (< or = 235 mg/dl) and "poor" (> 235 mg/dl) range. NIDDM patients who were regular users of alcohol had a higher frequency of dose adjustments than that of non-users of alcohol (96% vs 4%, respectively). The treatment failure was significantly higher among patients who regularly used alcohol than among those who abstained (90 vs 10%, respectively). On the basis of our findings, it was recommended that attending physician should routinely identify the regular alcohol users and monitor blood alcohol levels of ambulatory NIDDM patients during their follow-up visits. Also, complete cessation of alcohol consumption should be established prior to making dosage adjustment in situations where the oral hypoglycemic agent fails.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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En
Revista:
Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand)
Ano de publicação:
2003
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Article