Alfa- glucosidase inhibitors such as Acarbose, Miglitol and Voglibose that act on the gastrointestinal tract to interfere with carbohydrate digestion are used as oral antidiabetics.
An overdose from these drugs or their combinations cause an hypoglycemia that must be treated only with simple sugars like glucose or dextrose or simple carbohydrates found in milkand juices.
Disaccharides or polysaccharides (sucrose (table sugar) and soft drinks) cannot be used because alfa-glucosidase inhibitory effects delay their hydrolysis and absorption. Thus, such complex sugars cannot mitigate hypoglycemic effects fast enough.
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