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The diabetes medication that could revolutionise heart failure treatment

Author: rustoo

Score: 18

Comments: 7

Date: 2021-12-02 07:39:36

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pmdulaney wrote at 2021-12-02 23:53:55:

The term "heart failure" and the word "failure" strike me as incongruous. One would expect that someone who has experienced heart failure for more than a few minutes is by definition dead.

errcorrectcode wrote at 2021-12-02 15:51:30:

Neat. This is new. I was afraid it was going to rehash metformin, which is an excellent medication.

caraffle wrote at 2021-12-02 18:29:38:

It's new but not as new as the article tries to make it sound. Has been known for a while and is in use. Further, it's not going to "revolutinize" anything, it's another incremental med that has shown improvement in outcomes. Just like beta blockers and aldactone, it buys you some small clinical benefit.

errcorrectcode wrote at 2021-12-04 03:47:38:

Anecdotally, the beta blocker propranolol crashed my testosterone levels, and slowed my hair and fingernail growth. I believe the latter are due to increased rT3 conversion, effectively medically-induced hypothyroidism.

errcorrectcode wrote at 2021-12-04 03:45:17:

There's always a degree of press-releasey hype in medication study result announcements.

The_rationalist wrote at 2021-12-02 17:33:47:

ALCAR is a significant help for diabetes too.

ngcc_hk wrote at 2021-12-02 12:02:47:

Seems page offline

alduxx wrote at 2021-12-02 12:32:53:

Correct URL:

https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/the-diabetes-medication...