[Diabetes-talk] What medications are out there, for people with type two ...

Fri Jul 15 19:27:36 UTC 2016

Toujeo is essentially lantus in U300 strength, i.e., 20 units of toujeo are
equivalent to 60 units of lantus; this is helpful for those with
considerable insulin resistance.

Tresiba is another long-acting insulin that claims a shelf-life outside of
refrigerated storage of two months rather than one month. I gather it also
claims a bit more flexibility in when dosages are given than is available
for lantus. I believe Tresiba is still U100 strength, though.

Mike Freeman

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does any one know about the new drugs tricebia toosaeyo  and  any thing else
. Angela Perone 

In a message dated 7/15/2016 11:06:29 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org writes:

There  are many different types of medicine for type 2 diabetes, both oral
and  injectable. Metformin is usually the first pill that someone is put on.

You  are experiencing the most common side effect of metformin, GI issues. 
I have  been on it for 9 years and still get nausea and bowel issues if I
don't time  my eating and pill swallowing correctly. It is a very annoying
side effect,  but metformin is a great choice because it has been around a
long time, it  doesn't cause hypoglycemia, doesn't cause weight gain, and it
is very  inexpensive, as it is on the $4.00 drug list. 
If the metformin alone is  not controlling your blood glucose levels, then a
second medicine is usually  added to the metformin regimen. If you find that
you cannot tolerate the GI  side effects of metformin, tell your doctor and
ask to be put on a medicine  that is in a different class than metformin. 
Some pills that are in a  different class that do not cause as much GI upset
are: glyburide, glipizide,  Jardiance, Invokana, Actos and Prandin. 
However, every medicine has its own  set of side effects, so learn as much
as you can about them. 

Here is a  link to the American Diabetes Association webpage on medications
for diabetes:  
http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/medication/
and here is the link to an audio of this web page: 
American Diabetes  Association, Type 2 Diabetes Medications [audio of web
page]
http://app.na.readspeaker.com/cgi-bin/rsent?customerid=5484&lang=en-us&readi
d=
site_content&url=http://www.diabetesforecast.org/diabetes-101/type-2-diabete
s-medications.html  

Kim Ladd, RN, BS, CPHQ
Diabetes Educator
Virginia Rehabilitation  Center for the Blind & Vision Impaired
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond,  Virginia 23227

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Hello  everybody,

I wanted to ask, what medications, that are in a pill form,  are available
with people who have time to diabetes?
I am taking Matt  Foreman currently. I take 1000 mg in the morning, and
1000 mg at night. This  is the extended release form. We discovered
recently, by taking me off the Met  Forman for a week, that this has been
what has caused the caring up of my  stomach.
I was extremely constipated, all of the time,. Even though my  stomach
doctor put me on a syrup to take twice a day, a medication, and  softener. 
Really none of it made a difference. If I was not constipated or I  would
barely use the bathroom, I would have serious bouts of diarrhea. It was
awful! My stomach doctor actually thought I had Gastro paresis. But my
diabetic doctor does not believe this. He has seen the report. I have been
on  net Foreman for quite a while now. I cannot remember how many years. I
have  always had trouble with either diarrhea, or painful, severe
constipation. I  never thought it was the Met Forman. But now that I am only
taking one pill, I believe that it is the culprit. For the last few days, my
stomach is not hurt,  I have less gas, and my bowels have worked better than
they ever have in the last three or so years. I don't want to stay on just
one pill of the Met Forman. It doesn't give me enough blood sugar control.
Plus, I just don't want  the medicatio n in general, if it's going to have
these sorts of a  fix.
I also take,Victoza in the morning, I have been for about a year or  two
now. This works quite well for me. At first I took it at night. But I  found
out by accident when I was in the hospital one week, that it works  better
for me in the morning. But it can't do all the work by itself. I go to  see
my doctor again, this coming Tuesday, even though I was in there about
three weeks ago. I want to discuss what other medications we can try. I'm
not  on insulin. I am grateful for this. So do you all have any ideas as to
what might help me? Or as to what types of options I may have?
My boyfriend  takes a medication, but I don't know how to spell it. He only
has to take it  once a day. I just want something that will treat my stomach
well, that won't  hopefully make me gain weight, and there will most
importantly help control my  blood sugar. Any ideas, or dots, it would be
very much  appreciated.

Thank you so much!

Terri 

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