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Diabetes
Consumer health resource center providing an overview of diabetes and its causes,
symptoms, and treatment.
Type 2 diabetes is usually controlled with diet, exercise, and oral medications
Prediabetes can be reversed without insulin or medication by losing a modest amount of weight and increasing your physical activity
It results from taking too much diabetes medication or insulin (sometimes called ), missing a meal, doing more exercise than usual, drinking too much alcohol, or taking certain medications for other conditions
Diabetic ketoacidosis can be precipitated by infection, trauma, missing medications like insulin, or medical emergencies like stroke and heart attack
This syndrome typically occurs in people with type 2 diabetes who are not controlling their blood sugar levels or have become dehydrated or have stress, injury, stroke, or medications like steroids
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FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
Symlin, an injectable medicine to control blood sugar for adults with type 1 and
type 2 diabetes who...
Symlin will have a Medication Guide (FDA-approved patient labeling) and a Risk Minimization Action Plan (RiskMAP) due to three areas of concern
Second, the potential for medication errors, specifically mixing of Symlin with insulin in the same syringe, which can alter the activity of the insulin, is addressed in the Medication Guide and in physician labeling
The Medication Guide informs patients that Symlin should only be used if they are already using their insulin as prescribed, but still need better blood sugar control; will follow their doctor's instructions exactly; will follow-up with their doctor often; will test their blood sugar levels before and after every meal, and at bedtime; and understand how to adjust Symlin and insulin doses
InteliHealth: Diabetes
Features articles on type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Contains interactive
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InteliHealth: Diabetes
Features articles on type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. Contains interactive
tools, news, ask...
Orlistat in type 2 diabetes
Roche reports that in Xenical study of people with type 2 diabetes, improvements
in glycemic control...
New Study Suggests that Xenical ® (orlistat) has Benefits Beyond Weight Loss for Insulin-Dependent Type 2 Diabetes Patients -- Improvements in glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors were also observed; Need for insulin and oral diabetes medications reduced -- Treatment with the prescription weight-loss medication Xenical ® (orlistat) can have significant benefits for overweight or obese people with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes who have sub-optimal metabolic control, according to a new study published in the June issue of the journal Diabetes Care
At enrollment, the two groups were similar in terms of gender, race, body weight, mean daily insulin dose, serum HbA 1c , fasting glucose and use of oral diabetes medications
More Xenical-treated patients (41.3%) decreased or discontinued at least one oral diabetes medication during the study compared to placebo (30.9%)
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Roche Seeks New Indication for Xenical for Treatment of Type 2 ... Roche site profiles application to USFDA for Xenical as an adjunct to other
antidiabetic treatments...
ROCHE SEEKS NEW INDICATION FOR XENICAL FOR TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES -- Xenical, the Prescription Weight Loss Medication, Now Shown to Help Type 2 Diabetics Who are Overweight and Obese Lower Their Blood Sugar When Used in Combination with Other Antidiabetic Agents -- Hoffmann-La Roche Inc
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new indication for its prescription weight loss medication Xenical ® (orlistat) to improve glycemic control when used as an adjunct to other antidiabetic treatments in overweight or obese patients with type 2 diabetes
In addition, patients with type 2 diabetes treated with Xenical were able to reduce their daily doses of other antidiabetic medications, such as sulfonylureas, insulin, and metformin
"The clinical trial data are exciting because they show that overweight patients with type 2 diabetes can improve their overall health, reduce their daily dose of diabetes medication, and control their symptoms with the addition of Xenical to their diabetes treatment regimen." Study Results The new application is supported by findings from seven large multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trials involving 2, 600 patients with type 2 diabetes
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Search the Web You are here: Health | | Hospital patients are subjected to about one medication error per day, harming over 1.5 million people annually and costing the health care industry billions of dollars
eMedicine - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 : Article by William H Lamb ...
Covers the background, pathophysiology, frequency, mortality/morbidity, causes,
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Pets with Diabetes: Home Page (default)
Offers education, resources, and support for owners of diabetic pets.
Pets With Diabetes Providing Educational Information, Internet Resources, Personal Experiences, and Support for Owners of Diabetic Pets () Diabetes Education Educational information for all aspects of diabetes care: Basic and advanced diabetes concepts, medications, complications, home care and monitoring, vet relationships, and other diseases your diabetic pet might have
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Diabetes India Association - About Diabetes Care Diagnosis Cure ...
A set of articles on diabetes, the problems, including articles for patients and
for the medical professi...
Type 2 Diabetes Treatment & Diabetes Diet - RealAge
Learn how to control type 2 through self-care management. Get answers to your
questions about diet...
More diabetes self-care approaches: While there is no cure for diabetes, symptoms can be managed through self-care and medications
Insulin Resistance and Pre-Diabetes
Provides questions and answers on causes, symptoms, and prevention.
If you have metabolic syndrome, your doctor may recommend weight loss with diet and exercise, as well as medication to lower your cholesterol and blood pressure levels
CNN.com - Diet, exercise can slash diabetes risk - August 9, 2001
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Diabetes in Cats
A veterinarian provides answers to pet owners' questions about diabetes, including
home testing, conversi...
It is possible that the medications might have some other beneficial effect or that the vomiting has cleared up for other reasons in these patients since we haven't done anything like a controlled study
Diabetes Mellitus
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It is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas produces no insulin at all, and the patient relies on insulin medication for survival
Abnormally low blood sugar levels due to too much insulin or other glucose-lowering medications
If these measures fail to contain the elevated blood sugars, oral medications and insulin need to be considered
The patients were told to remain on their anti-diabetic medications and continue with their diets and activity levels as before
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Treatment with Insulin-Lowering Medications
Discusses diagnosis, medications, pregnancy, and miscarriage.
Treatment with Insulin Lowering Medications INTRODUCTION: Polycystic ovary syndrome is characterized by anovulation (irregular or absent menstrual periods) and hyperandrogenism (elevated serum testosterone and androstenedione)
Infertility treatments include weight loss diets, ovulation medications ( clomiphene, letrozole, Follistim, Gonal-F ), ovarian drilling surgery and IVF
Other symptoms have been managed by anti-androgen medication ( birth control pills, spironolactone, flutamide or finasteride )
Many who failed to ovulate with letrozole or metformin therapy will respond when rechallenged with these medications after ovarian drilling
There is increasing evidence that this endocrine abnormality can be reversed by treatment with widely available standard medications which are leading medicines used in this country for the treatment of adult onset diabetes, metformin ( Glucophage 500 or 850 mg three times per day or 1000mg twice daily with meals ), pioglitazone ( Actos 15-30 mg once a day ), rosiglitazone ( Avandia 4-8 mg once daily ) or a combination of these medications
These medications have been shown to reverse the endocrine abnormalities seen with polycystic ovary syndrome within two or three months
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Now there may be a medication that will eleviate those sleep disturbances
A French study has found that acamprosate, a medication widely used in Europe to reduce cravings in abstinent alcoholics,
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