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acetohexamide (DYMELOR)


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Diabetes Prevention and Treatment
Diets that are very complicated or very different from what you are used to are hard to follow. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet is a highly structured plan based on exchange lists. Although it serves its purpose of regulating calorie and sugar intake quite well, the ADA diet may be difficult for older people to use. Successful use of this diet requires considerable time spent planning meal patterns and food portions. Older people often have trouble with this diet because the food lists are long and complicated and require considerable memorization.

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acetohexamide (DYMELOR); chlorpropamide (DIABINESE, GLUCAMIDE)
  • We list these drugs as Do Not Use drugs because they are more likely than similar drugs for diabetes to cause low blood sugar.

WORST PILLS, BEST PILLS NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

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Preventing Heat-Induced Death and Illness
June 2012
This article lists practical steps to take to avoid death, hospitalization or other medical problems caused by heat stress. It also contains a list of 123 drugs that can impair your response to heat.
Review of Type-2 Diabetes Medication Liraglutide (VICTOZA)
April 2011
This article reviews the safety and efficacy of liraglutide (VICTOZA), a new medication used to treat type-2 diabetes.
Saxagliptin (ONGLYZA) - Another Diabetes Drug
February 2011
This article discusses why you should not use this newly approved diabetes drug until more is known about its safety.
Update: Diabetes Drug JANUVIA (Sitagliptin)
July 2008
An increasing body of evidence documents both the risks and lack of evidence of clinical benefits associated with sitagliptin, and several reviews have cautioned against its use.