Methods of normalizing metabolic parameters in diabetics

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of diagnosing and treating individuals with diabetes or at risk to develop diabetes mellitus. In particular, gastric emptying determinations are used to assess risk. Risk or early symptoms associated with subsequent development of diabetes mellitus may be controlled or alleviated by delaying gastric emptying. Delay or inhibition of gastric emptying is sufficient to restore gastric emptying within normal ranges as determined by restoration of typical glucose metabolic parameters such as blood glucose and insulin levels to normal or near normal ranges. The method is also useful in prophylactic treatment of individuals at high risk to develop diabetes mellitus, such as the obese, those with a family history of diabetes and those of particular ethnic and minority groups.

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