by DiabetesCare.net | Sep 15, 2015 | Medicine Cabinet
Metformin is recommended as initial therapy for type 2 diabetes and is used as monotherapy or in combination with other antidiabetic oral agents and insulin. It has been found to be an effective treatment for many patients, but it is also important to point some...
by DiabetesCare.net | Aug 27, 2015 | Health
Change is difficult. Not changing is fatal. Are you willing to try something new? Are you willing to fail in the process? Diabetes is no different from any other aspect of life when it comes to trying and failing. (In fact, I had a high school teacher who said that...
by DiabetesCare.net | Sep 11, 2014 | Social Life
Today is the anniversary of one of the biggest events in U.S. history. It’s hard (if not impossible) to get through September 11 without remembering where we were, or what we were doing, or how we were feeling….when terrorists attacked our safe, peaceful country. A...
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 4, 2023
People with type 1 diabetes must take insulin to sustain life. People with type 2 diabetes either produce inadequate insulin or have insulin resistance (which means the cells have difficulty responding to insulin) or both. Treatment for type 2 usually begins with a...
by DiabetesCare.net | Jan 4, 2023
To be sure, ask your doctor how often you should check your blood glucose. If you are treating your diabetes through diet and exercise or oral medication, diet and exercise, you should probably check your blood glucose level at least twice daily. If you take insulin,...
