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Oral Contraceptives and Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes – (06-24-02)
Oral Contraceptives and Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes
Articles like this are good to see, but the citations appearing in other medical journals does make me scratch my head in wonder. This study did show lower fasting glucose levels and lowered risk of diabetes (after ten years of use). However, insulin levels were elevated. Medscape’s review implied that insulin levels were lowered!! And then you wonder why our health system is so screwed up. My interpretation?? Elevated insulin from pharmacological interventions can never be a good thing. It is entirely possible that oral contraceptives has some type of insulin secretagogue property yielding higher insulin and lower glucose and lowered risk of diabetes in the short term. I feel confident that if this study were to be followed up in another decade the results would not be so “drug friendly.”
Dia Care — Abstracts: Kim et al. 25 (6): 1027
