Letter From The Editor

I am guessing that all of you who looked at the list of articles knew which one I would comment on this week. It has been 11 years since I first started cycling, and during that time I have had 6 road bikes and ridden over 63,000 miles. Friday was …

It was 1993 when I first started eating low carbohydrate. It wasn’t for diabetes but it was for weight loss. Using a low carbohydrate diet and adding soluble fiber and moderate exercise, I was able to drop from 286 to 180 in a 1 year period. I have stayed low …

The number of GLP1-RA’s has grown over the past few years, and the fact that there are still new ones working their way towards approval can be viewed as a measuring stick to how important this class will be for treating diabetes now and going forward. Each time a new …

Torré Anderson, II, PharmD candidate from FAMU College of Pharmacy, was reviewing information from the recent ADA Scientific Sessions and found something that caught his eye. He, like most of us, had always assumed that type 2 diabetes was a disease of older folks. He had heard that, even if …

Ashley Ball, PharmD Candidate, LECOM-School of Pharmacy, put together a great article on the comparative benefits of low carb vs. high carb intake to maximize athletic performance. She brings to the forefront the need to individualize a food plan based on the activity and duration. What is very interesting is …

The recent ADA Scientific Sessions have been chock full of great information. It appears as if the Pandemic had no effect on research of devices and medications. There was a lot of focus on the SGLT-2 Inhibitors and the multiple positive effects for diabetes patients. This week our intern, Alan …

Last week, we were one of the first publications to alert you to the availability of Novo’s rapid aspart insulin under the Walmart ReliOn label. The pricing they are offering is under $86 for a box of 5 pens. This is a big saving from $240 a box at CVS …

One of the benefits of the shift to virtual conferences is that more people can attend and only have to carve out time for what their interests are. This past week the ADA Scientific Sessions were virtual, and that gave us a chance to have our PharmD interns attend and …

Now that the weather is heating up, it is more likely that people getting outdoors and exercising will have some unwanted effects. Dehydration, cramping, dizziness, are just a few of them that we are familiar with. Since many of our diabetes patients are also out exercising, is there a chance …

Dr. Atkins always said that his low carb plan would lower cholesterol if you followed it for at least 6 months. (He also acknowledged that it could go up during the beginning of the program.) So is it true that it works, or is it not? This week, our intern …