An elderly woman with diabetes developed abdominal pain after acarbose was added to dulaglutide.
In plain wordsA woman with diabetes developed abdominal pain while receiving dulaglutide plus acarbose.
- Peptide
- Dulaglutide (Trulicity)
- Outcome
- Not applicableAbdominal pain
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal adverse events · Gastrointestinal
Source sentences
Following the addition of acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (αGI), the patient developed abdominal pain and nausea.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
An 84-year-old woman, treated with oral hypoglycemic agents for 40 years and insulin therapy for 24 years, presented with frequent constipation due to diabetic autonomic neuropathy.
To prevent hypoglycemia, insulin therapy was discontinued, and treatment with dulaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA), was initiated.
In this study, Dulaglutide (Trulicity) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Dulaglutide (Trulicity).