PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- For type 2 diabetes, how about a shot that's just once a week?The FDA is considering a medicine that would be a weekly shot. And it's not insulin.It's a hormone called albiglutide -- to be marketed by Glaxo Smith Kline as Eperzan."It lowers blood glucose lev...
Or will you keep doing what you’ve always done, worrying about all the long-term diabetes complications and settling for a shot or a pill while watching your health deteriorate? Remember, drugs commonly prescribed in the treatment of diabetes are NOT attacking the disease AT ALL; again, drugs...
Insulin injections.Most insulin shots come in a small glass bottle called a vial. You draw it out with a syringe that has a needle on the end and give yourself the shot. Some kinds come in a prefilled pen. Inhaled insulin.Your doctor may prescribe a rapid-acting insulin that you breathe...
Unlike insulin, which often requires two shots per day, Mounjaro can be self-administered once a week. It comes in six dosages, ranging from 2.5 mg to 15 mg. “Having to do a once-weekly shot could improve medication adherence,” saidVivian N. Ayuk, PharmD, CDCES,CEO of health compa...
I think I’ve posted this tip before but it’s such good information I wanted to do so again. I recently had a cortisone shot and my blood sugar started rising a few hours after. I immediately thought to dose more rapid acting insulin (I’m on MDI), but I remembered, when I’d ...
One serving is a can of beer, a glass of wine or a shot of hard liquor. 0 1 2 3 or more 11. Do you smoke cigarettes? No, I never smoked cigarettes I used to smoke cigarettes, but I quit Yes 12. Do you walk (or do other moderate activity) for at least 30 minutes on ...
when you give your shots. Your doctor or the diabetes educator will show you how to draw up insulin in the needle. They’ll also show you the best places on your body to give yourself a shot. Ask someone to help you with your shots if your hands are shaky or you can't see well....
After a bit, you get used to taking so many shots. If you relax, the shot goes so much easier. I still haven't tried injecting into my abdomen yet. That seems really gross to me. I will work on it though. The Amazing Human Pin-Cushion ...
GLP-1 agonists. Bydureon is actually the same as Byetta except that it comes with something that lets people take just one shot a week instead of two shots per day. Victoza is a somewhat different form of GLP-1 that you need to take only once a day. Both Bydureon and Victoza are ther...
We’re also being told to expect that these vaccines may become seasonal in the same nature as the flu shot. It might be that we need a booster shot, the vaccine needs adapting as the virus mutates, or a combination of both.