Experiences with

Acarbose

Diabetes expert Dr Jason Fung recommends acarbose ( Glucobay) for type 2 diabetes but this medicine by Bayer is NOT sold in europe.

If you suffer from dumping syndrome, do yourself a favour and read this article and than try Acarbose after seeking medical advice. I have used it for the last week and it has drastically improved my dumping. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5153290/

My orthostatic and postprandial hypotensions: I have continued to study Acarbose. The words Acarbose and Pharmacokinetics are useful. What Acarbose does is redistribute when sugar is released.

Finally, postprandial hypotension can be reduced with caffeine [73] or acarbose [74].

All of the patients were treated with the diabetes drug acarbose, which helps transform starch into fiber. For the first four weeks, hemoglobin A1c, a measure of blood sugar, fell in both groups.

I now treat my hypo's with prescription drugs that slow the sugar intake into the lower gut (Acarbose). Since starting this, and measuring my blood sugar levels, I have managed to avoid any collapse.

This is under control with drugs (Acarbose) and a careful very low sugar diet. I also check my blood glucose levels on regular daily basis. This has ensured no repeats of my previous collapses and bouts of unconsciousness. Now here is the problem that I want to understand.

Haward how do you get on with acarbose ? Do you still take it ?  And gutless ,I know you have a grasp of these things ,I've read your posts .It all seems so complicated ,my feeling is that I don't want to further complicate things by adding this drug to the mix .

I had forgotten to take my Acarbose Tablet before lunch and had eaten some biscuits (I know). My wife was with me when I went down and was able to get an ambulance as I was fitting (violent shaking & bit through my tongue). I recovered within 15 minutes and did not require hospital.

Some clinically proven supplements reduce carbohydrate absorption except glucose and fructose - since the area under the curve = AUC of glucose after ingesting carbs other than simple sugars is reduced by the now much less prescribed antidiabetic drug Acarbose, an Alpha-glucosidase inhibitor.

Acarbose in impaired glucose tolerance: Acarbose has been tried in persons with IGT for prevention and postponment of onset of Type 2 Diabetes. 5.

control soon. I am very strict in diet and regular in walking. Is it OK?

control soon. I am very strict in diet and regular in walking. Is it OK?