whether patients with type 2 diabetes benefit from monitoring their blood glucose

September 2007

There's controversy over whether patients with type 2 diabetes benefit from monitoring their blood glucose.

Self-monitoring IS beneficial for patients using insulin. But it's NOT yet proven beneficial for patients on other diabetes meds.

Proponents say that self-monitoring empowers patients.

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Table of Contents

More patients should now get vaccines for meningitis, hepatitis A, varicella, pertussis, and influenza
Osteoporosis Reclast, the first once-a-YEAR bisphosphonate infusion for postmenopausal osteoporosis
ADHD Some Daytrana (methylphenidate) patches are falling off
Infectious Diseases new HIV drug, Selzentry (maraviroc)
Gastroenterology Prilosec and Nexium might cause heart problems
Gastroenterology Zelnorm (tegaserod) is back, but only for certain patients
Geriatrics misuse of the Beers criteria to determine drug therapy in the elderly
Psychiatry Exelon (rivastigmine) now comes in a once-daily PATCH
Ophthalmology eyedrop called AzaSite for bacterial conjunctivitis, or "pink eye"
Respiratory Allergy new Rx antihistamine called Xyzal (ZEYE-zol)
Respiratory Allergy Zyflo CR, a new extended-release version of zileuton for chronic asthma
Diabetes whether patients with type 2 diabetes benefit from monitoring their blood glucose
Diabetes how to treat diabetes during pregnancy
new requirement to use tamper-resistant pads for most written Medicaid prescriptions