and serves on a speaker's bureau for AstraZeneca, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, Sanofi, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Boehringer Ingelheim and Janssen
For people with intestinal disease: If you have certain intestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, colonic ulceration, or partial intestinal obstruction, or if youre predisposed to intestinal obstruction, you shouldnt take acarbose
This has been investigated in 708 T2DM patients, mean age 57 years-old, 66% women, with a mean duration of diabetes of 7 years attending a diabetes conference in several cities in USA
They already have that give it back to them at much higher pharmacologic doses and it brings their blood sugar down
Some states require a prescription for purchase at pharmacies, though many retail pharmacies and online suppliers sell them without requiring one