Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hepatic metabolism of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) takes place via cytochrome P450 3A4. Nevertheless, it can be decreased by enzyme inhibitors such as itraconazole or ritonavir, thus leading to an increase in the bioavailability of ICS. This can result in an accumulation of the steroid drug and a cushing’s syndrome.Case report: We present the case of a 48 year old woman with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on highly activ...

Objectives: Diabetes and obesity – Translational cardiovascular and obesityData regarding the prevalence of eating disorders (ED) and their influence on clinical outcomes among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are scarce. Our aim is to investigate the frequency of positive screening for ED and, specifically binge eating disorder (BED), in a T2DM sample. To analyse whether there are any differences among T2DM subjects with a positive screening for ED or BED.<p clas...