Category: Diabetes

Two essential anti-diabetic medications—Sitagliptin-Metformin combination and Linagliptin-Metformin combination—have been placed under price control by India’s drug pricing authority. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has set retail prices for 45 drug formulations, including the two anti-diabetic medications (NPPA). Since Merck Sharp and Dohme’s (MSD) Sitagliptin patent expired last month, several generic versions of the drug have […]

In New Delhi: Over 80 million Indians are estimated to have pre-diabetes, and there are 74 million people in the country who are estimated to have diabetes. A recent national study, the ICMR-INDIAN research, which employed a linear regression model and quadratic programming, demonstrated that diabetes remission (reversal) could be attained if the carbohydrate content […]

Santosh Singhal, MD India is known as the world’s “diabetes capital.” It is an incurable health condition in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or cannot effectively use the insulin produced. It is classified into several types, the most common type 2 (90-95 per cent). In these cases, the body cannot effectively […]

NEARBY DELHI According to a study published in the Global Heart magazine, almost one in every two patients who experience a full-blown heart attack by a blocked artery are undiagnosed diabetics or pre-diabetics. This condition is known clinically as ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). The conclusion is based on the screening outcomes of 3,523 North Indian […]