{"id":3976,"date":"2015-03-16T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=3976"},"modified":"2015-03-16T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:20:11","slug":"cough-medicine-could-help-diabetic-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/cough-medicine-could-help-diabetic-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Cough medicine could help diabetic patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3978\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cough.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"wp-image-3978\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cough.jpg\" alt=\"Over-the-counter cough medicine with dextromethorphan could help people with Type 2 diabetes. (Photo credit: Dome Poon, flickr.com)\" width=\"520\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cough.jpg 640w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/cough-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over-the-counter cough medicine with dextromethorphan could help people with Type 2 diabetes. (Photo credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pooniesphotos\/4704983916\/in\/photolist-8aLgNm-drf1qN-drfgCa-73iwyX-3WHyL-4CVq5E-e2P8Y-p55643-crXXGh-4tHZsP-34Q6Ki-51pUEG-5YRrBf-mv5NJn-9fgkjg-4t6xUw-6CDmRM-4tHZqn-etKtxG-etKuJE-etGjYt-etGjRk-etKunw-etKuj3-etGjq6-etGjgB-etGj4V-etGj6x-etKtGh-etKtey-etGiAk-etKt7u-ek3cHB-ek3cH6-ek3cGM-ek3cFr-ek8XTU-ek3cDn-ek8XTd-ek3cCB-ek3cCi-ek8XQj-ekbiFJ-ekbiFS-ek5xtX-ek5xtF-ekbiF3-ekbiEN-68b8kN-7oLuev\">Dome Poon, flickr.com<\/a><a>)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dextromethorphan, sold in Canada as an ingredient of the over-the-counter cough medicine Robitussin and Bronchophan Forte DM, could help in regulating type 2 diabetes\u00a0according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>In mice, this medicine was found to improve glucose control, while in a small human clinical trial (20 men with Type 2 diabetes) the researchers found it increased insulin and lowered blood glucose.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers conclude that dextromethorphan could become a useful adjunct treatment for diabetes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1038\/nm.3822\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Original research paper<\/span><\/a>\u00a0published in <em>Nature Medicine\u00a0<\/em>on\u00a0<strong>March 16<\/strong><span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_453723367\"><span class=\"aQJ\"><strong>, 2015<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>Names and affiliations of selected\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Eckhard Lammert, Heinrich Heine University, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dextromethorphan, sold in Canada as an ingredient of the over-the-counter cough medicine Robitussin and Bronchophan Forte DM, could help in regulating type 2 diabetes\u00a0according to a new study. 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