RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Breakthrough in treating gestational diabetes mellitus.
JF Canadian Family Physician
JO Can Fam Physician
FD The College of Family Physicians of Canada
SP 987
OP 987
VO 50
IS 7
A1 Koren, Gideon
YR 2004
UL http://www.cfp.ca/content/50/7/987.abstract
AB QUESTION: I practise in a remote community in Manitoba. Quite a few of my patients experience gestational diabetes. Their compliance with the insulin regimen is abysmal. Can I give them an oral medication? ANSWER: Recent studies have indicated that glyburide does not cross the human placenta and that its effectiveness and safety profiles are similar to those of insulin.