How to be Safe With Alcoholic Drinks in Diabetes

Summary

The purpose of this study is to show that during and after drinking beer a treatment strategy by insulin bolus and reduction of basal rate reduces the rate of hyperglycaemia without an increase of hypoglycaemic events compared to a treatment strategy according to the standard recommendation without insulin Bolus.

Timeline

Start

2015-09

Primary completion

2016-06

Completion

2016-06

Publications

• Background Krebs HA, Freedland RA, Hems R, Stubbs M. Inhibition of hepatic gluconeogenesis by ethanol. Biochem J. 1969 Mar;112(1):117-24. doi: 10.1042/bj1120117.
• Background Turner BC, Jenkins E, Kerr D, Sherwin RS, Cavan DA. The effect of evening alcohol consumption on next-morning glucose control in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2001 Nov;24(11):1888-93. doi: 10.2337/diacare.24.11.1888.
• Background Gin H, Morlat P, Ragnaud JM, Aubertin J. Short-term effect of red wine (consumed during meals) on insulin requirement and glucose tolerance in diabetic patients. Diabetes Care. 1992 Apr;15(4):546-8. doi: 10.2337/diacare.15.4.546.
• Background Jennifer F. Scheel, Karin Schielke, Stefan Lautenbacher, Sabine Aust1, Simone Kremer, Jörg Wolstein; Low-Dose Alcohol Effects on Attention in Adolescents, Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie, 24 (2), 2013, 103 - 111
• Background Koivisto VA, Tulokas S, Toivonen M, Haapa E, Pelkonen R. Alcohol with a meal has no adverse effects on postprandial glucose homeostasis in diabetic patients. Diabetes Care. 1993 Dec;16(12):1612-4. doi: 10.2337/diacare.16.12.1612.
• Background Seidl S, Jensen U, Alt A. The calculation of blood ethanol concentrations in males and females. Int J Legal Med. 2000;114(1-2):71-7. doi: 10.1007/s004140000154.

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