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Letter from the Editor: New Drugs Should Help Our Patients Face Diabetes’ Challenges

Mar 19, 2011
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Are we starting to pay more attention to the challenges our diabetes patients face each and every day? This week Novo released a study showing the value of their three times a week insulin and how it compares favorably to once a day dosing (Item #7, Study Finds Three Times-a-Week Insulin Improves Glucose Levels). This would be especially good for use in long term care facilities as it could reduce workload. And while Amylin is meeting some study obligations for the FDA on their once a week Bydureon, there is new mid-study data showing how well their once a month version of exenatide is working (Item #12, Once-Monthly Exenatide Showed Positive Results in Mid-Stage Study). Hopefully with all these drugs the FDA will take a more proactive and positive approach to making it easier for our patients….

Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM started writing for us almost 5 years ago and her features are among the most popular on our site. During that time we have published over 250 newsletters with over 3,000 items and when I look at some of the best she has ever written there is no doubt that her feature, Living Well with Diabetes without Weight Loss, is worth reading again, so this week I am making it available to you.

Be sure you check out this week’s new product: it is really “juicy.”

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IMPORTANT NEWS ITEM ALERT! Please read this week’s Item #10, Should Your Patients Be Taking Potassium Iodide?, which will help answer all your patients questions about potassium iodide.

Announcements:

dLife.com: March 20, 7PM ET on CNBC

Topics: A visit with Insulindependence, a group that encourages teens and young adults with Type 1 to reach new heights. Also, a savory soup from the dLife kitchen, and another extreme diabetes makeover. Sundays on CNBC at 7 PM ET, 6 PM CT, and 4 PM PT. Catch up on dLife.com.

TCOYD Conference and Health Fair, Tucson, Arizona, April 2, 2011

Join Special Guest Urban Miyares — Veteran, Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker — for a full day event also including: state-of-the-art technologies and advances in diabetes care; afternoon workshops; and physical activities for everyone.

Please answer this week’s poll: Do you recommend alternative medicines to your patients as part of their diabetes management?

View last week’s poll results.

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Check out this week’s “Test Your Diabetes Knowledge” question!

Dave Joffe, Editor-in-chief