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Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing (DMR)
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Sep 3, 2020 | Replies (7)Comment receiving replies
Hello @ltssjs,
I appreciate this interesting question. I had not heard of Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing prior to your post. Are you interested in this topic for yourself as a Type II Diabetic?
I did google the term and came up with information from the NIH website. Here is the link to that information about clinical trials for this procedure, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31331994/. Perhaps some other members of the Diabetes discussion group will have more information.
In looking at Mayo Clinic's website I did not find any information on this, only on the topic of Endoscopic mucosal resection. I think this is done for different reasons. Here is the link to that article from Mayo https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/endoscopic-mucosal-resection/doctors-departments/pdc-20385214.
Has this procedure been suggested to you by your doctor? What results would you hope to achieve by this?
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Yes, I am interested for myself and all Type II diabetics. I first became aware of DMR in a very short article in an AARP publication regarding a Netherlands study. I then read an article on a US study being done at the Univ of Penn. It sounded very promising and the procedure is not complicated. As my cardiologist said to me, "We have got the plumbing down pretty well and in the next 15 years their will be great strides in the electrical". He was referring to Ablation procedures which are utilized in heart procedures. In my mind DMR is an ablation procedure to be used in a diabetic procedure. It has always concerned me that we have never heard of studies being undertaken regarding the treatment of Type II diabetes which is so prevalent in our today's society. WHY IS THAT! I asked my Endo that question when I was discussing DMR with him. He was aware of the DMR study being conducted at Penn but in answering my question he candidly stated big pharma would never fund any such studies. Well, with the # of Type II diabetics out there we should be able to have the government fund such studies. Furthermore, it is mind boggling to me that DMR doesn't show up on the Mayo Clinic website. That is really disturbing. Any potential treatment of Type II diabetes SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED nor hidden. As you can tell this has me a bit riled up. A very basic and simple understanding of the DMR procedure is that it removes the cells that are interfering with effectiveness of insulin. That is a considerable achievement for a Type II diabetic!