title: [Clinical observation on improving senile postprandial hyperglycemia and insulin sensitivity with combination of acarbose and liuwei nengxiao capsule].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of combination therapy of acarbose and Liuwei Nengxiao capsule (LWNXC) in improving senile postprandial hyperglycemia and insulin sensitivity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-four patients with simple postprandial hyperglycemia were divided into the control group and the treated group, 37 in each group, who were treated with acarbose alone and the combination therapy respectively for 1 month, and the changes on 2 hrs postprandial glucose (2 hPG), blood pressure (BP), blood lipid, body mass index (BMI), insulin functional index as well as the adverse reaction of acarbose in the two groups were observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the levels of 2 hPG, fasting blood glucose (FBG), BMI, total cholesterol and lowdensity lipoprotein-cholesterol were improved in the treated groups more significantly than those in the control group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). Insulin sensitive index (ISI) and insulin resistance were improved in the two group (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01), but the improvement in the treated group was more significant than that in the control group (P < 0.01). Moreover, the adverse reactions were less in the treated group than in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination therapy of acarbose and LWNXC could not only improve the postprandial hyperglycemia, but also markedly increase the insulin sensitivity, and shows obvious improving effect on parameters of blood lipid, BP and BMI. The adverse reaction could be evidently reduced by combined use with LWNXC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Shangdong Provincial Hospital, Jinan 250021. yudoctor@sina.com.cn
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Yan-yan
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D020909:Acarbose / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002214:Capsules; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D065089:Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008517:Phytotherapy; D019518:Postprandial Period
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D002214:Capsules; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D065089:Glycoside Hydrolase Inhibitors; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D008055:Lipids; D020909:Acarbose