| 摘要 |
A method for treating diabetes in a mammal by moderately controlling blood glucose concentration in the mammal together with administering to the mammal an amount of a tetracycline compound effective to reduce complications associated with diabetic hyperglycemia. The method enables long term management of diabetes by avoiding the problems associated with tight control of blood glucose concentrations, i.e., hypoglycemia tolerance and seizures, while simultaneously avoiding the problems associated with conventional moderate control of blood glucose concentrations, i.e., pathological complications associated with hyperglycemia, such as nephrophathy, retinopathy, etc. Blood glucose concentration can be controlled by moderate administration (e.g, fewer injections per day) of insulin or another glucosemodulating agent, while pathological complications characteristic of diabetic hyperglycemia are ameliorated through the activity of tetracycline compound, the latter preferably administered in an amount that is substantially nonantimicrobial.
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