type 2 meds

Sunday Funnies: Diabetes Med Wars

By AmyT on February 10, 2013

 
 
 
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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The Insulin Pill Gets Real? A Chat with Oramed’s CEO

By AllisonN on April 27, 2012

“Can’t you just take a pill?” is a question most of us have heard again and again whenever we take an injection or show off our insulin pump to family, friends, or strangers. Taking insulin orally has been a wish of PWDs for many years, but the “non-invasive dream” goes about as far as the stomach acid destroying the hormone before it reaches your blood stream.
Injecting insulin subcutaneously has been the only option considered…

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