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FDA Revises Labels of SGLT2 Inhibitors

A U.S. FDA safety review has resulted in adding warnings to the labels of a specific class of type 2 diabetes medicines called sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors (such as Invokana, Farxiga and Jardiance) about the risks of too much acid in the blood and of serious urinary tract infections. Both conditions can result in hospitalization.
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Novo Nordisk’s New Insulin Tresiba to Take on Lantus

The first improvement over Lantus, according to Hobbs, is simply the length of time the insulin lasts. While Lantus lasts up to 24 hours per dose “with no pronounced peak,” Tresiba lasts considerably longer.
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Medtronic Discontinues The Sof-sensor CGM Sensor

Medtronic has announced that it will no longer sell its CGM Sof-sensor as of Dec. 1, 2015. Medtronic is offering no out of pocket cost conversion programs to their latest insulin pump and CGM technology, the MiniMed 530G with Enlite.
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When a Non-Diabetic a Wears A CGM

In the midst of all this fear and anxiety brought on by excess knowledge about my blood sugars, I began to speculate that a dystopian end-point for all this wearable technology and increased self-awareness could be a society of terrified hypochondriacs.
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Why I Ditched My Insulin Pump for Injections

Why I Ditched My Insulin Pump for Injections

I hated the way my pump interfered with my outfits. I hated the middle of the night beeping. And I really hated changing the reservoir. Yet, since I’d been pumping since I was eight years old, by the time I was in my freshman year of college, being on a pump was all I knew.
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