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Glimepiride
We’ll be finishing up the sulfonylurea class of medications today with the drug glimepiride. There are a few other drugs in the category, but they are so rarely used because of their side effects, so...
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Announcing the Arrival of…Invokana
A few months ago I announced that the Food and Drug Administration was reviewing a new type of medication for Type 2 Diabetes. You can read my posting about it here. Well today I have some exciting...
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Byetta and Bydureon
A quick trivia question: which medication used for type 2 diabetes is a synthetic version of a protein found in the saliva of the venomous Gila monster? (I would put up a picture of one of these guys,...
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Go Ahead, Box Yourself In
When I first started my battle to control Diabetes, the absolutely most difficult thing to do was to remember to take my meds. During a month I would forget to take my meds several times. Sound...
View ArticleWorld’s Best Diabetes Medicine
Did you know there are at least 122 medications to control Type 2 Diabetes? That’s an incredible number of medications, and yet none of the lists I looked at contained the World’s Best Diabetes...
View ArticleForgetting Your Diabetes Medicine?
I recently heard from a reader that reminded me what a problem it is to remember to take Diabetes medicine. The doctor prescribes them. You get them from the pharmacy, which is a necessary first step...
View ArticleGlyxambi
Hello from Katherine, your War on Diabetes pharmacist. In February of 2015, the FDA approved a new medication for American diabetics to use in their War on Diabetes. Glyxambi (how many Scrabble...
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