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Most of my colleagues wait till their patients are maxed out on oral medications — often this means that they are on 3 or 4 medications without achieving control, before starting them on either basal insulin or GLP-1 analogs….

Patient Education and Monitoring Recommendations for the Use of GLP-1’s Unlike most diseases, diabetes requires extensive patient self-management….

There has been an increased use of GLP-1 analogs in patients with diabetes over the past two years as the advent of daily dosing has made medication adherence simpler and more clinicians are comfortable with the available choices.

  By Sheri R. Colberg, PhD   Just the other day I heard someone who was kidding around facetiously say to his colleague, "Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!" That phrase is actually a registered trademark of Life Alert Emergency Response and commonly joked about, but it’s no …

Aaron I. Vinik, MD, PhD, FCP, MACP Eastern Virginia Medical School, Strelitz Diabetes and Neuroendocrine Center Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Norfolk, Virginia USA Topiramate is a structurally novel anti-epileptic drug effective in management of various types of epilepsy and prevention of migraine headaches. A sulfamate substituted …

From dLife comes a guide (in pdf format) that can help your patients better understand how diabetes can cause cardiovascular disease. Can your patients answer the question: What percent of patients with diabetes are affected by cardiovascular complications?

  By Sheri R. Colberg, PhD For those of us who are reasonably fit and exercise regularly, it is hard for us to imagine that people who are currently sedentary, unfit, or overweight can benefit metabolically from doing something like simply taking breaks from sitting. However, the research in this …

For over two decades, GLP-1 has been heavily investigated as the most promising therapy target in type 2 diabetes patients….

If you find that your blood sugars often fluctuate from too high to too low (and vice versa), you’re on the blood sugar rollercoaster. To learn how to eliminate the extremes, you’ll have to do a little sleuthing on your own. Get out your blood glucose meter, and for a …

For Dr. Kahn’s comments and the Joslin Diabetes Center’s response, see our article in last week’s newsletter: Joslin Replies to Dr. Richard Kahn’s Statement: “Diabetes Prevention is a Waste of Resources.”