In addition, insulin‐mediated glucose uptake was significantly greater after doxazocin.19 Similar results, suggesting doxazocin‐induced improvement in sensitivity to insulin, were shown by Huuponen et al.20 Of interest, in virtually all the above cited studies, oxazocin was given in an attempt to evaluate its antihypertensive efficacy in hypertensive patients also experiencing type 2 diabetes. This evidence concerns the gene INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus.