Diabetic Facts - Medical Awareness

Diabetic Drugs

There are many types of drugs in the market for the treatment of diabetes. There are oral medication, many types of injections, and pumps.

Oral Medications include:

Lantus SUBQ
Insulin glargine is used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar. It is used in people with type 1 (insulin-dependent) or type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. Effectively controlling high blood sugar helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, blindness, circulation problems, and decreased sexual ability. Insulin glargine is a man-made, long-acting type of insulin that is similar to human insulin. It starts working more slowly and lasts for a longer time than regular insulin. Insulin is a natural substance that allows the body to properly use sugar from the diet. Insulin glargine replaces the insulin that your body no longer produces, thereby lowering your blood sugar.

ACTOS ORAL
Pioglitazone is an anti-diabetic drug (thiazolidinedione-type, also called "glitazones") used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It works by helping to restore your body's proper response to insulin, thereby lowering your blood sugar. Effectively controlling high blood sugar helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, blindness, and circulation problems, as well as sexual function problems (impotence).

Pioglitazone is used alone or in combination with other anti-diabetic medications

Amaryl Oral
Glimepiride is an anti-diabetic drug (sulfonylurea-type) used along with a proper diet and exercise program to control high blood sugar. It is used in patients with type 2 diabetes (non-insulin-dependent diabetes). It works by stimulating the release of your body's natural insulin. Effectively controlling high blood sugar helps prevent heart disease, strokes, kidney disease, blindness, and circulation problems, as well as sexual function problems (impotence).

INSULIN PUMPS
An insulin pump is a small device that delivers insulin continuously to the body. About the size of a compact cell phone, it is worn outside the body in a pocket, underneath clothing in a leg pouch, bra pouch, or on your belt like a phone or MP3 player.

The insulin pump delivers insulin through a tiny, soft tube – thinner than a strand of spaghetti. At the end of the tube is an even smaller, softer tube called a cannula. It's about as long as your fingernail. With just one, virtually painless needlestick, the cannula goes under the skin and is ready to connect to the insulin pump. Usually, 12 of these infusion set insertions are required per month. These easy insertions eliminate the need for the standard 120 insulin injections that would be required with common multiple daily injection regimens.

The insulin allows for you to live a more flexible lifestyle. It allows you to work out without having to worry about insulin levels and making sure you eat prior. The insulin pump allows you to determine exactly how much of insulin is being used for food and how much is being used for background.

With the pump you get as close as producing insulin as much as you would if you did not have insulin.