Larkins R G
Med J Aust. 1985 Jan 21;142(2):117-20.
Although a number of improvements in medical care have led to an overall improvement in the prognosis of diabetes, there have been few major new developments in the pharmacological management of diabetes mellitus apart from the introduction of insulin in the 1920s and of orally administered hypoglycaemic agents in the 1950s. However, recent developments in our knowledge of the aetiology of diabetes and its complications may herald a new era in the management of diabetes with specific approaches to the prevention or reversal of diabetes and its complications.
尽管医疗护理方面的多项改进已使糖尿病的预后得到了整体改善，但除了20世纪20年代引入胰岛素以及20世纪50年代引入口服降糖药外，糖尿病的药物治疗方面几乎没有重大的新进展。然而，我们对糖尿病病因及其并发症认识的最新进展可能预示着糖尿病管理的新时代，即采用特定方法预防或逆转糖尿病及其并发症。
