In patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease, the potential negative role of sulfonylurea drugs is under intensive investigation. We assessed the effects of treatment with glibenclamide or insulin on the extension of left ventricular myocardial dysfunction induced by acute ischemia. Nineteen consecutive patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease entered the study. Each p...

objectives: a wide range of liver and kidney disorders are associated with diabetes and there is a mutual relationship between diabetes and these diseases. herbal medicine with having abundant ingredients is one of these options. the goal of this study was to compare the effects of alcoholic extract of aerial parts of salvia hydrangea with glibenclamide on functional tests of liver and kidney i...

BACKGROUND ATP sensitive potassium channels are widely distributed in central nervous system (CNS) and these channels could be the target in CNS disorders by their modulators. PURPOSE The present study was designed to investigate the anticonvulsant potential of glibenclamide on MES induced seizure and pentylenetetrazole induced seizure in mice. METHODS Seizures were induced in 7 months albi...

Diflubenzuron (DIMILIN) is a powerful insecticidal chemical which has been known for many years to inhibit chitin synthesis in vivo in insects and related arthropod species. However, its action mechanism has remained unresolved partly because of its inaction on any of the enzymes involved in chitin synthesis in vitro. Based on our previous work (Diflubenzuron affects gamma-thioGTP stimulated Ca...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by abnormalities of carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolism. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disease caused by destruction of pancreatic beta cells and characterized by defect in insulin secretion while type 2 diabetes mellitus results from abnormalities in insulin secretion and/or insulin action or bo...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of glibenclamide dose escalation on blood glucose and insulin in patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. METHODS Twenty-two subjects with type 2 diabetes were administered increasing doses (0, 2.5, 5, 10, and 20 mg/day) of glibenclamide at 2-week intervals. Glibenclamide, glucose, and insulin determinations were perfo...

Herbal preparations are commonly used by low-income populations to treat diabetes. The objective of this work was evaluate interaction between Sarenta remedy with antidiabetic drug such as glibenclamide. Experimental study carried out according protocol described Kambouche.  Before giving different solutions on study, baseline blood glucose taken using "One call plus" glucometer,...

Glibenclamide is the most widely used sulfonylurea drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Recent studies have suggested that glibenclamide reduced adverse neuroinflammation and improved behavioral outcomes following central nervous system (CNS) injury. We reviewed glibenclamide's anti-inflammatory effects: abundant evidences have shown that glibenclamide exerted an anti-inflam...