摘要 |
There are provided a medicament excellent in prevention, improvement, treatment, etc. of a diabetic complication, and a medicament excellent in prevention, improvement, treatment, etc. of a neuropathy, each using a postprandial blood sugar-lowering agent as an effective ingredient therefor. Particularly, D-phenylalanine derivatives such as nateglinide are useful as an oral medicine. According to the present invention, these excellent medicaments, a method for use thereof (a method for administration thereof to a living subject in the above treatment, etc.), and a use of the postprandial blood sugar-lowering agent for production of the said medicaments, and the like are provided. At least one agent selected from an antihypertensive agent, a vasodilating agent and an anti-hyperlipidemic agent may be used at the same time with the postprandial blood sugar-lowering agent, by mixing further such at least one agent selected from an antihypertensive agent, a vasodilating agent and an anti-hyperlipidemic agent in (with) such above medicament or by combining them for concomitant use, whereby the effect for prevention, improvement, treatment, etc. of the diabetic complication described above can be enhanced much more. |