Diabetes Medications

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More pills and types of insulin are available to control diabetes than ever before. There is also a broad range of drugs available to take care of problems like high blood pressure and high cholesterol that tend to go along with diabetes. New research is pointing the way toward new drugs and better ways to use the drugs we already have.

• 04-20-2009 - Complications and Chronic Conditions Increase Hospital Costs
  
  
• 02/24/2009 - When Metformin Isn't Enough
  
  
• 02-06-2009 - How Effective are Premixed Insulins?
  
  
• 12-19-2008 - Very Elderly Patients May Benefit From Stopping Diabetes Medicines
  
  
• 12-19-2008 - Which Is Better, NPL or Glargine?
  
  
• 10-02-2008 - Pramlintide Helps Obese People Lose Weight
  
  
• 10-02-2008 - Insulin Analogs May Improve Quality of Life
  
  
• 08-07-2008 - Adjusting Insulin Based on Monitoring is Key
  
  
• 06-05-2008 - What Comes After Metformin?
  
  
• 06-05-2008 - Which Patients with High Blood Pressure Will Develop Diabetes?
  
  
• 06-05-2008 - Benefits of Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 05-22-2008 - Statins Reduce Blood Vessel Disease in Diabetes
  
  
• 05-22-2008 - Is Inhaled Insulin Safe for People with Asthma?
  
  
• 05-22-2008 - Can Meformin Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes?
  
  
• 04-03-2008 - Who Uses Insulin Pens and Why?
  
  
• 04-03-2008 - Diabetes Progression in Untreated Patients
  
  
• 02-27-2008 - Diabetes Drugs and Bone Fractures
  
  
• 02-27-2008 - Pramlintide May Help Those With Insulin-Requiring Type 2
  
  
• 09-14-2007 - Anti-Seizure Drug Improves Diabetes
  
  
• 09-14-2007 - Controlling Blood Glucose Levels and Taking Antioxidants or Telmisartan Can Lower Risks of Heart and Blood Vessel Disease in People With Type 1 Diabetes
  
  
• 06-21-2007 - Drug Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 06-21-2007 - Diabetes Therapy Reduces Fatty Liver
  
  
• 05-04-2007 - Drug Improves Beta Cell Function
  
  
• 04-02-2007 - Lifestyle Changes as Effective as Drugs in Treating Pre-Diabetes
  
  
• 04-02-2007 - Vildagliptin Effective in Previously Untreated People with Diabetes
  
  
• 02-26-2007 - Drug Combination Safe and Effective
  
  
• 02-02-2007 - Analysis Indicates Inhaled Insulin Safe Alternative to Injection
  
  
• 02-02-2007 - Drugs Delay Progression to Diabetes
  
  
• 02-02-2007 - Avoiding Low Blood Glucose
  
  
• 02-02-2007 - Continuous Glucose Sensor Helps Patients Avoid Highs and Lows
  
  
• 01-05-2007 - Insulin Doesn't Cause More Weight Gain in Heavier People
  
  
• 01-05-2007 - Diabetes Drug Slows Hardening of the Arteries
  
  
• 10-19-2006 - Preventing Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 09-29-2006 - People With Diabetes Should Be Encouraged to Get an Annual Flu Vaccination
  
  
• 09-29-2006 - Atorvastatin Helps Lower LDL Cholesterol and Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke
  
  
• 09-29-2006 - Metformin Plus Inhaled Insulin or Glibenclamide Can Help Lower A1C to Target Levels
  
  
• 09-19-2006 - Drug Treatment for Adolescent Obesity
  
  
• 09-19-2006 - Diabetes Drug Improves Artery Health
  
  
• 09-01-2006 - Epalrestat Delays Nerve Damage in Diabetic Patients
  
  
• 08-03-2006 - Insulin Therapy Improves Blood Fats
  
  
• 07-20-2006 - High Doses of Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Are Beneficial
  
  
• 07-20-2006 - Inhaled Insulin Safely Improves Blood Glucose Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 06-26-2006 - Lowering Fats in the Blood Through Medication
  
  
• 05-24-2006 - Exercise and Eased Glucose Goals Help Weight Loss
  
  
• 05-09-2006 - Extended-Release Metformin
  
  
• 04-28-2006 - Certain Medications May Help Prevent Heart Attacks
  
  
• 04-28-2006 - Can Statin Medications Help Reduce Effects of Heart Attacks?
  
  
• 04-10-2006 - Triple Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 04-10-2006 - Chromium Has No Benefits for Obese Westerners With Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 03-21-2006 - Treating Heart Attack in People With Diabetes
  
  
• 03-08-2006 - Smoking Reverses Benefits of Inhaled Insulin
  
  
• 01-03-2006 - Medication Works Best With Diet and Exercise
  
  
• 01-03-2006 - Lower Number of Doses May Help Patients Stick to a Treatment Regimen
  
  
• 12-13-2005 - Can Ruboxistaurin Help People With Diabetic Kidney Disease?
  
  
• 12-13-2005 - Attitudes Toward Insulin Therapy
  
  
• 11-03-2005 - Is Metformin Good or Bad For Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure?
  
  
• 10-17-2005 - Drug-Laced Stents Keep Heart Arteries Open
  
  
• 10-05-2005 - Insulin Glulisine Is Safe for Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes to Take Directly Before Meals
  
  
• 08-03-2005 - Cholesterol-lowering drugs can help prevent heart attacks in patients with type 2 diabetes
  
  
• 06-08-2005 - Preventing Metabolic Syndrome with Diet, Exercise, and Medicine
  
  
• 06-08-2005 - Exenatide: A New Type of Drug to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 06-08-2005 - Reducing the Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 05-03-2005 - Insulin and Low Blood Glucose
  
  
• 05-03-2005 - Diet and Exercise Can Help Prevent Future Heart Problems
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - Are Diabetes Medicines Related to Risks for Heart Disease?
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - Medicine May Help With Weight Loss
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - Comparing Two Medications for Type 2 Diabetes
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - Rosiglitazone May Help Obese Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - Lowering Cholesterol in Patients With Diabetes and Dyslipidemia
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - People With Diabetes Should Use Aspirin to Lower Heart-Attack Risk
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - How do medicines for lowering blood pressure affect diabetes?
  
  
• 04-18-2005 - Should People with Diabetes Take Pills and/or Insulin?

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