Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical effect of adjuvant therapy of probiotics in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients given oral hypoglycemic agents and its effect on intestinal microflora and adiponectin. Methods A total of 120 patients who received therapy in our hospital from January 2015 to December 2015 were collected as research objects. According to random number table, those patients were randomly divided into two groups with equal number. Besides conventional treatment, the control group was given oral hypoglycemic agents (Metformin+Acarbose), while the observation group was given adjuvant therapy of probiotics (Live Combined Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus Tablets) additionally. Then, glucose-related indices, intestinal florarelated indices including number of bacteral colonies and coccus/bacillus (C/B) value, level of plasma adiponectin and incidence of adverse reactions were compared between the two groups. Results In comparison with the control group after treatment, glucose-related indices FPG, 2hPG and HbA1c were statistically lower in the observation group (P < 0.05). As to intestinal microflora, the number of Gram-positive bacilli and Gram-negative bacilli was statistically higher, and C/B value was statistically lower in the observation group than those in the control group after treatment (P < 0.05), while the number of Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative cocci in the two groups was not statistically different (P > 0.05). The level of plasma adiponcetin in the observation group was statistically higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). During treatment, there was no case of hypoglycemia. And the incidence of adverse reactions in the observation group was 11.7%, which was not statistically different from 8.3% in the control group (P > 0.05). Conclusions Adjuvant therapy of probiotics is effective in treating T2DM patients taking oral hypoglycemic agents, and can significantly improve blood glucose, regulate intestinal microflora and increase the plasma level of adiponectin with mild adverse reactions.