one lozenge to be dissolved in the mouth, may be repeated every 2 hours as needed to a maximum daily dose of 300 mg (as expressed in number of dosage units (lozenges)).
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Type II (Non-Insulin Dependent) Diabetes (NIDDM) Prediction of Beta-Cell Loss In Autoimmune NIDDM. Several lines of evidence indicate that NIDDM is a heterogeneous disease that results from a combination of abnormalities in both insulin secretion and insulin action. Nevertheless, beta-cell autoimmunity, which is characteristic of IDDM, is present in up to 10 to 33 percent of subjects diagnosed clinically with NIDDM. Therefore, up to approximately four million Americans may have an autoimmune type of NIDDM.