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...
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...
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...
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...
10. How many servings of alcohol do you have on a typical day? One serving is a can of beer, a glass of wine or a shot of hard liquor.* 0123 or more 11. Do you smoke cigarettes? No, I never smoked cigarettes I used to smoke cigarettes, but I quit ...
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 ...
the oxygen-carrying protein in blood. The red blood cells that carry this protein live for about three months, so measuring them at a single time point provides a snapshot of the general level of glucose in the blood. An A1C result of less than 5.7% is considered normal, between 5.7% ...
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 ...
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.
Once I entered my therapy data, I started seeing information that I never saw before. The app is only going to get better, too. Good diabetes control requires knowing a lot of info. The App includes an online log book so I’ll know if I have myself a shot. I can also enter my ...