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Diabetes Medication Roundup

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Diabetes has been a growing problem over recent years. More than likely you or someone you know has been affected by diabetes in one way or another. A report today by ABC.com stated that 45 percent of adults have diagnosed or undiagnosed high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes.

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Diabetes drug may be a little fishy

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New studies released today found that many who take the popular diabetes medication metformin find the odor off-putting, and some have trouble taking the medication.

The “fishy” odor is especially noticeable in the immediate release versions.

“Metformin is an excellent drug, but the immediate-release formulation may have an odor to [...]

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Exubera: inhaler or rolling pin?

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Although Exubera is turning out to be a flop, you can’t say it’s not good for something. Turns out it’s good for disciplining deadbeat husbands, fighting off dogs while jogging, and rolling dough.

According to analysts, Pfizer was slow to market with Exubera, initially assigning it to a sales team that [...]

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Avandia’s latest side effect: $200 million in lost revenues for Glaxo

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Glaxo pulled a rabbit out of the hat in its earnings report today with a little misdirection. Per MarketWatch:

GlaxoSmithKline on Wednesday took some of the attention away from disappointing sales of diabetes drugs by announcing it was lifting its stock buyback authorization to 12 billion pounds ($24.7 billion).

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Note to FDA: Older diabetes drugs are cheaper, as effective and have fewer side effects than newer ones

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It appears someone finally decided to take a look at the effectiveness and benefits of older diabetes drugs (such as metformin) compared with newer, more expensive ones (such as Avandia). Dr. Shari Bolen of Johns Hopkins University studied various medical databases and found 216 relevant studies and two systematic reviews. According to

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