In with the new, out with the old… Byetta vs. Victoza… Sometimes changing up diabetes meds can kind of feel like dealing with temperamental pets.
Thanks to the talented Mike Durbin, who blogs at My Diabetic Heart and shared recently that he’s switched up his own diabetes meds. Hope the new med regime is going well and that your new dog Vic isn’t biting, Mike!
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Welcome back to our Saturday diabetes advice column, Ask D’Mine, hosted by veteran type 1, diabetes author and community educator Wil Dubois — where myths get busted and unseemly topics sometimes see the light of day. Hey, where else ya gonna turn?
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First things first this week:
Exercising over 250 mg/dL CORRECTION:
Last week we talked about how it’s generally considered unsafe to start…
Lack of access to diabetes supplies and education is a serious issue that we often talk about in regards to developing countries. But the fact of the matter is that it’s also a huge problem here in the U.S. This month’s DSMA (Diabetes Social Media) carnival topic aims to tackle the issue with this question:
Let’s discuss the lack of diabetes education, supplies and insulin for PWDs living here and in other countries. What can…
The world of type 2 diabetes drugs is wacky indeed. While Amylin’s long-acting version of Byetta — called Bydureon and predicted by many experts to become a blockbuster — is still held up at FDA, the agency approved a new oral drug earlier this month that is reportedly unremarkable except in the lawsuit it has spurred.
The drug is called linagliptin, brand name Tradjenta, a new oral DPP-4 inhibitor from Eli Lilly and Boehringer that…
You all know how much we hate the term “compliant,” and especially its antonym “noncompliant”— suggesting a bunch of naughty, misbehaving patients who are simply too lazy or stubborn to follow orders. Ugh!
It’s been encouraging in the last few years to see many healthcare and pharma professionals realizing how un-PC the term “compliant” is, because it doesn’t reflect the least bit of empathy for just how difficult it is to perform some pretty unpleasant…