Pharmacology of Diabetes: Present Practice and Future Perspectives

Frontmatter -- Editors -- List of first-mentioned contributors -- Contents -- Introduction -- Immunomodulation in the initial phase of type I diabetes mellitus: a critical analysis / Schernthaner, G. -- Pharmacokinetic aspects of insulin therapy - with special reference to pumps and pens versus conventional insulin treatment / Christiansen, J. S. / Lauritzen, T. -- Future trends in insulin therapy: clinical implications of novel insulin analogues and nasal administration of insulin / Vora, J. P. / Owens, D. R. -- Diabetogenic drugs / Lithell, H. / Berne, C. -- Treatment of NIDDM patients with peroral antidiabetic drugs / Beck-Nielsen, H. -- Modulation of intestinal glucose absorption: postponement of glucose absorption by a-glucosidase inhibitors / Toeller, M. -- Combining insulin with oral antidiabetic agents (including problems of secondary failure) / Lotz, N. / Bachmann, W. / Mehnert, H. / Standi, E. -- Management of hyperlipidaemia in the diabetic patient / Betteridge, D. J. -- Fish oil administration in diabetes / Jensen, T. -- The pharmacological treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus / Bain, S. C. / Dodson, P. M. -- General aspects of aldose reductase inhibition / Cohen, M. P. -- Platelet-active drugs in diabetes mellitus / Colwell, J. A. -- Glycosylation inhibition / Giardino, I. / Brownlee, M. -- Pharmacologic prevention and treatment of diabetic foot problems / Standi, E. / Stiegler, H. / Mathies, R. / Standi, R. / Weichenhain, B. -- Pharmacologic treatment of erectile dysfunction by intracavernous injection / Zorgniotti, A. W. -- Antihypertensive treatment in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) / Kribben, A. / Heemann, U. / Philipp, Th. -- Pharmacology of the kidney in IDDM patients / Mogensen, C. E. -- Pharmacology of eye care in diabetes / Sullivan, P. M. / Kohner, E. M. -- Prevention and treatment of neuropathy / Greene, D. A. -- Typical infections in diabetes and their treatment / Larkin, J. -- Drug administration in relation to pregnancy and diabetes / Malsted-Pedersen, L. / Skouby, S. O. / Damm, P. -- Immunotherapy after renal and pancreas transplantation in diabetics / Berg, K. J. / Brekke, I. / Jervell, J. -- Subject index -- Backmatter