Given some ongoing unfounded criticism of one Sucanon study, here is some further backup on the science behind Sucanon:
Regarding information on the reliability of Sucanon studies, Here is a review of "levels of evidence" as we refer to in the medical community.
Level 1 through 5 with level 1 being the most reliable studies upon which medical treatment decisions are made.
1. Blinded randomized controlled trial with statistically significant differences and appropriate confidence intervals.
2. Randomized controlled trial without proper randomization, blinding, or poor follow up
3. Case control or retrospective study.
4. Case series. (Here is how I fixed a torn tendon in x number of patients and it worked)
5. Expert opinion.
Note that Sucanon outperformed Glyburide in a 6 month randomized double blind placebo controlled trial (the highest level 1 evidence) in terms of fasting blood sugar reduction, excretion of urinary glucose, and glucose tolerance testing. This testing was performed when Sucanon rights were controlled by biotech holdings and was before Dr Rojas involvement with the study below.
The trial in Latino prediabetics in which 81% showed normalized HbA1C levels after 12 weeks of Sucanon is level 3 since study was not placebo controlled but was peer reviewed and presented by Dr Rojas at EASD 2013 annual meeting and published in their peer reviewed journal.
I could claim expert opinion (level 5) based on training but instead claim only that my facts are independently verifiable from public sources so any can check as desired. Note that level 4 and 5 is the usual treatment opinion you get from your doctor if specific higher level evidence is not available or consulted.
I will leave it to others how much weight to assign unidentified anonymous sources of information or sources that have repeatedly stated against all evidence that Sucanon contains only inactive ingredients, a fake drug, India distributor Canagen has fake offices, and takes an extraordinary step of modifying a Consumer Reports article in post 4477 to falsely implicate Sucanon and later continues to post and stand behind the false information in an attempt to "scare others away" (post 4550)
