Diabetes Pharmacist Blog : Focus Express Mail Pharmacy : Insulin Pumps, Diabetes Supplies and Information

So you don't like taking those big Metformin tablets because they're hard to swallow, taste awful, and what's more, they really do major damage to your stomach. Well, there may be an alternative sometime in the near future. Now in the testing phase, a chewing-gum product, called MetControl, will be given to 36 volunteer patients to test its speed and efficacy compared with that of immediate-release metformin pills according to the manufacturer, Generex Biotechnology Corporation of Toronto, Canada. Generex believes that metformin in good-tasting chewing gum would make it more acceptable to  patients and thereby increase adherence with diabetes therapy. 

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As seen on WebMD.com, researchers in Texas say a novel gel-like material could help speed up the widely anticipated arrival of oral insulin, renewing hopes for the millions of Americas with diabetes who must have daily insulin shots to tame their diabetes.

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As seen in U.S News and World Report, compared to controls, individuals taking Avandia or Actos had more than double the risk of fractures, with the risk with Actos being slightly higher than with Avandia. Drug-associated fractures were particularly common at the wrist and hip. Both men and women were at risk, and the odds for fracture tended to rise with dose of drug taken.

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Researchers are now investigating the strong blood sugar reducing capability of Bitter Melon, a vegetable commonly used in Asia for medicinal use.

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Vitamin D supplements in early childhood may ward off the development of type 1 diabetes in later life, reveals a research review published ahead of print in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.  MORE.

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In a project described in the March/April Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, employers in 10 U.S. cities agreed to waive copays for employees’ diabetes meds, and to fund regular meetings between pharmacists and diabetic employees. A year after the project launched, 914 patients who had been enrolled for at least three months ....MORE

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David Templeton of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, reports that a common, inexpensive, anti-inflammatory medication has the potential to treat and even prevent type 2 diabetes. MORE...

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 Natreon Inc., a nutraceutical industry’s leading supplier of botanical extract ingredients announced today the incorporation of Puredel Ltd., (Puredel), a company aimed at developing 
Ossulin™, an oral insulin which has shown promising results in preliminary animal and human studies.. More...

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A new study indicates that by decreasing prescription co-payments,  increased
adherence to drug therapy results for patients with chronic diseases like diabetes.

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