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Inhaled Insulin Effective Therapy for Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Inhaled human insulin (Exubera) is as effective as glibenclamide as adjunctive therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes.

States Ask FDA to OK Generic Insulin

Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Four governors, looking to ease drug costs under state programs, petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to provide guidelines for generic versions of insulin and human growth hormone.

`Mr. Diabetes®' Talks the Talk and Walks the Walk

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Walking down Commonwealth Avenue, on approximately the 7,500th mile of his perimeter walk around the United States, Andy ``Mr. Diabetes®" Mandell spotted his latest target.

``Hi, may I talk to you for a minute?" Mandell asked the young man walking toward him. ``Do you know anyone with diabetes?"

Treatment Guidelines Favor Early Metformin Then Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Metformin should be prescribed along with lifestyle intervention as soon as patients are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and if A1c cannot be brought down to below 7%, within 2-3 months, then insulin as the second-line drug.

Study Backs Pill Use for Neonatal Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, August 09, 2006

The small number of diabetics who were diagnosed early in infancy may be spared a lifetime of insulin shots, according to new research.

Once A Day Insulin As Effective as Multiple Injections For Type 2’s

Posted: Friday, July 21, 2006

Patients with type 2 diabetes may be able to achieve the same glucose control with fewer injections a day.

Evening and Bedtime Second Dose Equal for Long-Acting Insulin Levemir

Posted: Friday, July 14, 2006

Patients who take Levemir (insulin detemir) twice daily can chose a convenient evening time for their second dose.

Exenatide Reduces Insulin Use in Type 2 Diabetics

Posted: Friday, July 07, 2006

Exenatide therapy results in weight loss and a substantial decrease in insulin doses in some of the most difficult-to-manage patients with type 2 diabetes.

Type 2 Diabetics Who Use Insulin at Increased Risk for Hypertension

Posted: Friday, June 30, 2006

The hypertension risk increased with the duration of insulin use; the odds ratio was 1.35 in diabetics who used insulin for 5 to 9 years and 1.46 in those who used insulin for 10 years or more.

New Oral Insulin Shows Safety, Feasibility in Trials

Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

In the first human trials of oral insulin, the drug acted within 15 minutes and showed 60%-70% of the biopotency of injected insulin, without causing any adverse effects, researchers reported here at the 66th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.