Diabetes drug's benefits come at a price
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A newer drug appeared to delay the progression of the most common form of diabetes a little longer than two older medications but also raised the risk of heart problems, weight gain and fractures, a large study has found.
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Diabetes patients often neglect the most important treatment for saving lives: lowering cholesterol.
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Taking vitamin C or a blood pressure lowering drug could help some of the complications associated with diabetes.
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Low-income Medicare beneficiaries are projected to reap substantial savings from the new Part D prescription drug benefit; however, others may pay as much or more for their prescriptions after implementation of the law, a new analysis released by The
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NEW YORK  - The first of a new class of oral antidiabetic drugs is able to lower blood sugar (glucose) in type 2 diabetes as well as Avandia (rosiglitazone) does, but without causing weight gain, according to a report in the journal Diabetes Care.
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The largest diabetes-prevention study ever done has found that a drug already used to treat the disease can also help keep "pre-diabetics" from developing it. But many experts said losing weight and exercising remain a safer, cheaper approach.
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The widely used diabetes pill Actos appears to lower a patient's chances of death, heart attack or stroke, unlike its beleaguered chief rival Avandia, a new analysis shows.
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A drug used to treat diabetes also seems to prevent it in people at high risk of developing the disease, the largest study ever to test this has found.
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The market might overlook the drug maker's promising programs.
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The new drug benefit guarantees patients access to medicines while giving insurance companies potent tools to control costs.
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For people with type 2 diabetes  and moderately elevated blood glucose levels, the medication  vildagliptin, sold under the brand name Galvus, can produce  long-term improvements in the functioning of the  insulin-secreting beta cells in the pancreas along with better  glucose control, researchers report.
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A drug commonly used to control diabetes increases the risk of heart attacks and possibly death, researchers reported yesterday in the latest episode to raise safety concerns about a widely prescribed drug.
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A new drug that can treat patients with multiple sclerosis has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration but the high cost of the medication has some people concerned.
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A GlaxoSmithKline blood pressure  medicine proved significantly better in keeping blood sugar  levels from rising in diabetics than another widely used member  of the beta blocker family of hypertension drugs, according to  a large clinical trial.
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Drug makers are exploring the possibility of tying pharmaceutical prices to performance.
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NEW YORK  - A drug approved for the treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese individuals, Harvard researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Two new antidiabetes drugs are modestly effective at reducing blood glucose levels without causing weight gain in people with type 2 diabetes, according to a review in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.