Do PPIs help lower blood glucose in type 2 diabetes?
There appears to be a small reduction in HbA1c, but longer-term studies are needed, commentators say
Proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) used to treat gastro-oesophageal reflux disease also appear to lower HbA1c levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, a study shows.
This needs to be taken into account when prescribing antacids to patients with diabetes, the investigators say.
