More and more we know about Diabetes, many anti-inflammatory medicines help in curing or controlling Diabetes too. A common rheumatoid arthritis drug may be an effective new therapy for lowering blood glucose levels in patients with Type-2 diabetes, according to a study.
Rheumatoid arthritis, affecting approximately one percent of the worldwide population, is a chronic autoimmune condition that causes pain and swelling in the joints.The anti-inflammatory drug, lefluonamide, lowered blood glucose levels and reversed insulin resistance in mouse models of Type 2 diabetes, which suggests that this therapy could be repurposed as an effective antidiabetic treatment, particularly suitable for patients with both diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. "We found that lefluonomide targets a protein involved in desensitising the insulin receptor, which is responsible for instructing the cells to start…
