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ArticleDiabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy2016

Acarbose promotes remission of both early and late dumping syndromes in post-bariatric patients.

Flavio A Cadegiani, Osvalmir Sá Silva

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Article in Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Flavio A CadegianiDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Osvalmir Sá SilvaCorpometria Institute, an Obesity and Endocrinology Center, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAcarbose is a glucosidase inhibitor that slows carbohydrate digestion. It could thus be effective to promote remission of dumping syndrome (DS). Previous studies associating acarbose and late dumping, although not early dumping, have been reported. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the role of acarbose in dumping syndrome prevention and treatment and in resistive exercises resistance in bariatric subjects.

methodsBariatric patients with DS and complete adherence to diet plan and resistive exercises were included (n=25). Number of early and late episodes, self-referred intensity of each episode, and ability to increase intensity of resistive exercise were evaluated, on a 0-10 scale. Acarbose was administered orally (50 mg) for 6 months, 4-5 times a day before meals.

resultsAcarbose administration was associated with a decrease in the number of early (2.18-0.31) and late (2.79-0.12) episodes per week and intensity of each episode (6.10-1.65) and an increase in the ability to perform resistive exercises (3.03-7.12). Complete remission of DS was seen in 21 patients (84%), which persisted for 6 months with the use of acarbose.

conclusionAcarbose prevented dumping in almost all studied subjects and helped improve exercise capacity.

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bariatric surgerydumping syndromeobesitypost-bariatric

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