Partial Remission of Diabetes Mellitus After Oral Antidiabetic Therapy

Abstract

The course of diabetes after withdrawal of antidiabetic therapy was studied in diabetics with maturity-onset disease who had been unsuccessfully treated with diet alone. Therapy with oral antidiabetic drugs was given for 21 to 45 months. All patients were followed at regular intervals until diabetic relapse. The average time of relapse ranged from 3.8 months to 15.6 months.