By Hope S. Warshaw, R.D., CDE
It's human nature to delay unwanted tasks. Especially tasks that involve pricey diabetic prescription drugs, syringe needles, and daily blood sugar checks. But when people with type 2 diabetes (PWDs type 2) delay starting blood glucose-lowering medications, it's not good medicine.
"We now know that type 2 is a progressive disease that requires serious attention from day one," says Virginia Valentine, R.N., CDE, PWD type 2, a clinical nurse specialist and co-owner of Diabetes Network, Inc., in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mounting evidence shows that early, aggressive management of blood glucose can make caring for type 2 easier down the road. Too often, however, we're slow to act -- especially when it comes to adding and changing medications.
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i have tried 5 different meds in 4 months, trying to stay off insulin, the side effects were so bad i had to stop. i am now on insulin again, i just stopped it because i gained weight in a week. i am a skinny diabetic. i hate this. the meds are worse than the disease.anonymous
4/23/2010 07:40:12 PM Report AbuseI was given Byetta to control the appetite and cause weight loss with exercise. The problem is that it causes stomach discomfort at first. If you can get past that it can help you lose weight. The downside..another shot.
4/17/2010 10:02:27 AM Report AbuseHas anyone ever wondered if the drug companies aren't really doing what they can to treat diabetes? You get diabetes by being over weight; you lose weight by not knowing you have diabetes; then you start taking insulin only to put back on all the weight you lost. Why can't they find an insulin that is not weight promoting?
4/13/2010 10:39:41 AM Report Abuse