Thread: Diabetes Drug Found Useless for Parkinson's
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Old 06-28-2015, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by lurkingforacure View Post
I dont' understand why they used this diabetes drug when Byetta, another diabetes drug, sounded so promising Anyone know?
Byetta (Exenatide) is also being researched in a separate trial. The phase 1 and early phase 2 results have been encouraging. Exenatide has a totally different mechanism of action than Pioglitazone, so the results can be different. Let's hope.
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