Yesterday I went to the diabetes clinic for my tri-annual visit. I went there feeling guilty and ready to be scolded for my latest test results, especially…
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Prediabetes is like the two minute warning just before the end of the first half in a football game...
The FDA has approved Merck's (MSD) new type 2 diabetes medication, JANUMET(R) XR (sitagliptin and metformin hydrochloride (HCl) extended-release) The new treatment combines sitagliptin, which is the active component of Januvia (sitagliptin), with extended-release metformin...
JDRF-funded researchers have begun enrolling adult patients with type 1 diabetes in the REMOVAL study, to test whether metformin-a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes-could help prevent or reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications in people with type 1 diabetes...
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and AstraZeneca announced that type 2 diabetes drug Kombiglyze XR (saxagliptin and metformin HCl extended-release), approved by the FDA on November 5, 2010, is now available by prescription in pharmacies across the United States. Kombiglyze XR is the first and only once-a-day metformin extended-release (XR) plus dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor combination tablet offering strong glycemic...
A press release issued today by Depomed, Inc. and Santarus, Inc says that according to the clinical trial results, patients previously intolerant of metformin may be able to tolerate higher efficacious doses of metformin when treated with GLUMETZA, with fewer gastrointestinal side effects. GLUMETZA is a once-daily, extended release formulation of metformin, and is approved for use in adults with type 2 diabetes...
According to a new report published in the Lancet, taking a low dose of GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) combined with metformin was highly effective in prevention of type 2 diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, with little effect on the clinically relevant adverse events of these two drugs.
The study included 207 patients with impaired glucose...
Diabetics treated over long periods with the drug metformin, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of diabetes, are at risk of developing vitamin B12 deficiency. This condition is likely to get worse over time, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal...
According to an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) press release, new research presented at the AACR 101st Annual Meeting 2010 suggests the type 2 diabetes drug may soon be used in the prevention of lung cancer....