Category Archives: Drugs for Diabetes
Pioglitazone and Bladder Cancer
MedPage Today reports that another study links pioglitazone with bladder cancer in the U.K. I’m not sure how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will react to this. We have 11 classes of drugs for treatment of diabetes. Thiazolidinediones, aka glitazones … Continue reading
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Hot Off the Press: New ADA Hyperglycemia Management Guidelines
I’ll get to the following article when time allows. It’s in a June, 2012, issue of Diabetes Care. (Didn’t they publish management principles just six months ago? Jeez.) Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Patient-Centered Approach: Position Statement of the … Continue reading
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Bladder Cancer Linked With Diabetes Drugs in Thiazolidinedione Class
MedPage Today reports that thiazolidinediones (aka glitazones) are linked to development of bladder cancer. Pioglitazone is the most commonly used TZD in the U.S. From the article: The increased risk of bladder cancer associated with glitazones — which reached a … Continue reading
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Latest Research: 1) Sleep Patterns and Diabetes, 2) Drop Metformin When You Start Insulin?
1) Lack of sleep coupled with disrupted day-night cycles predisposes to diabetes and prediabetes. Night-shift workers take note. 2) Compared to those using metformin alone, type 2 diabetics who also took insulin needed less insulin and had better blood sugar levels. … Continue reading
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Random Thoughts On Paleo Eating for People With Diabetes
I was interviewed a couple months ago by Amy Stockwell Mercer, author of Smart Woman’s Guide to Diabetes. All I knew beforehand was that she was interested in my thoughts on the paleo diet as applied to diabetes. I think … Continue reading
Eliminate Diabetes Drugs By Eating Right
Jimmy Moore has posted a podcast interview with internist Luan Pho, who thinks that the right diet can help reduce or eliminate usage of diabetic drugs. I’m sure involves type 2 diabetes, not type 1. I haven’t listened to the … Continue reading
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Oral Drugs for Type 2 Diabetes: Which Are The Best?
A guideline committee established by the American College of Physicians recently reviewed oral medications for treatment of type 2 diabetes. Assuming blood sugars were still too high after diet and lifestyle modification, the firmest drug recommendations were: Use metformin first. … Continue reading
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Metformin May Prevent Cancer and Heart Trouble
David Spero at Diabetes Self-Management has an interesting article about how metformin may prevent cancer and heart disease, and slow the aging process. Metformin is the usual first drug of choice for type 2 diabetes. Steve Parker, M.D.
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Your Tax Dollars At Work: FDA Warns HCG Marketers
Ooooh! I’m sure they’re shaking in their boots. I ran across a patient in the emergency department a couple months ago who coincidentally happened to be taking over-the-counter HCG oral drops for help with weight loss. She didn’t ask … Continue reading
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What About Insulin Pumps?
Ever wonder what it’s like to get your insulin via a pump? Tim at Shoot Up or Put Up shares his year’s worth of pump experience with the world. Tim must have type 1 diabetes. He lives in the U.K., … Continue reading
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