THE
MOST IMPORTANT DIABETES CARE CHANGES IN THE LAST 2 YEARS
R.
Keith Campbell, R.Ph., MBA, FASHP, CDE
I
am proud to have survived having diabetes for 52 years and 4
months. For most of those years about the only change in
care that I noticed was that needles got smaller and sharper.
The
past two years have been really exciting with trends in diabetes
care that should produce significant improvements in the
outcomes of diabetes interventions.
The
thing that excites me the most is the potential to slow or stop
the progression of the microvascular complications of diabetes
with the development of the Protein Kinase C inhibitor that Eli
Lilly and Co. has in clinical trials. LY333531 has the
potential to be one of the biggest breakthroughs in diabetes
care.
I
am also impressed with the development of insulin’s that can
be used to provide really good management of diabetes both
fasting and after meals. I am a strong believer that
post-prandial hyperglycemia needs to be confronted and treated
to reduce diabetes complications. 3rd, we are making progress on
improved methods to monitor diabetes.
Self-Monitoring
of Blood Glucose, next to insulin, is the biggest thing that has
happened in diabetes care in my life. I like the newer
products that are easy to program and get small amounts of blood
to get a blood glucose reading. 4th, the studies that have
proven that near normalization of blood glucose reduces
complications is great. This combined with the ADA's
Standards of Diabetes Care has begun to create a treatment for
diabetes patients that provides improved outcomes of care when
the Standards are followed.
Lastly, I
have spent much of my life trying to get well educated
pharmacists more involved in providing diabetes disease state
management and that process is beginning to occur much more
often and it has been proven in many studies that pharmacists
can make a significant difference in the care of their diabetes
patients. There has never been a more exciting time for
diabetes patients to be empowered to take charge of their
diabetes and feel better and avoid complications.
I
hope I have another 10 or more years to experience some of the
great discoveries that are on the horizon."
Sincerely,
R.
Keith Campbell, R.Ph., MBA, FASHP, CDE
Professor:
of Pharmacy
Washington
State University
School
of Pharmacy
Dr.
Campbell is an expert in diabetes and its treatments as well as
how to educate and empower patients to improve their outcomes of
care and how to market diabetes care products.
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