Diet, exercise and medication are the three keys to diabetes control. Taking medication would seem to be the easiest of the three, but studies show that about half of people with chronic medical conditions don't take their medicines as prescribed.
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It’s said that America’s “other” drug problem is nonadherence: skipping or delaying doses and not taking medication as prescribed. “Noncompliance is a critical issue,” says Willie Campos, RPh, Liberty Medical pharmacist.
Patient A has type 1 diabetes and has been injecting himself with insulin every day since 1970. Patient B, who also has type 1, has given himself daily injections for more than 50 years. Both started out using a syringe and vial
Has your health care team told you about estimated average glucose (eAG)? It’s a new — and very helpful — way to measure your blood glucose control during the previous two to three months.
When a popular cholesterol medication caused sharp, stabbing cramps in Stephanie Crandell’s thighs, “I called my doctor ASAP,” recalls the Boston resident.
Perhaps it was the McDonald’s french fries she confesses to loving, or the irregular hours, meal times and diet choices associated with her husband’s frequent hospital visits for dialysis in 2001.
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