Diabetes
Treatment for Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathic Pain
Long enough title for ya?!
There are a couple of articles for background info about Diabetes Type 2 Overview and What is Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy?
Which brings us to -How to treat diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain…
Number 1 treatment: Blood glucose control! If the blood glucose levels are kept within range, neuropathy can be slowed and possibly reversed.
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Need a Replacement for Your Blood Glucose Monitor?
For all of you using a blood glucose monitor to track your blood sugar levels, listen closely to this nifty way of getting a replacement monitor should your’s breakdown. Now, this info may not be relevant for your current machine, but it will come in handy for monitors to come in the future!
When you get your [...]
What is Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy?
We recently received an email about the article Diabetes Type 2 Overview. She asked, what is diabetic neuropathy?
First off, what is neuropathy? It is a general term used to describe disorders of the nerves.
Then, what is diabetic peripheral neuropathy?
Diabetic neuropathy is due to high glucose in the blood that leads to nerve damage. The damage can interrupt [...]
Benefits of Caffeine
Hey all! I totally heart caffeine -soda, red bull, coffee…whateva! And the best part is…there are health benefits associated with caffeine
So, just to go over some of the benefits of caffeine…
Headaches: Taking caffeine with pain medication (Tylenol, Alleve, Motrin, etc.) works better than pain meds alone. Caffeine helps the pain medicine get into the [...]
Diabetes Type 2 Overview
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!
Here we go…There is a TON of info about diabetes type 2…so here is some general info (and then we’ll get to the drugs!)
What is diabetes all about?
Super simplified – diabetes is a disorder involving insulin that leads to high levels of sugar in the blood (blood glucose).
What is insulin?
Insulin is a hormone [...]
Natural/Home Remedies Series
Welcome to our new and exciting series -all about home/natural remedies! This page is here to work as a sort of table of contents. This series will incorporate things such as “mom remedies”, herbs, vitamins, acupuncture, etc.
Just a few notes on natural/home remedies…
1. Natural or home remedies often have quite a bit of anecdotal evidence but [...]
Vinegar for Diabetes Type 2
I had a patient come into the pharmacy and ask for vinegar capsules…which started a whole discussion about using vinegar to help control blood glucose. I thought this would be a great addition to our natural/home remedies series.
Just a quick rundown about diabetes type 2… the issue is that the body either does not produce [...]
How Much Water Should I Drink?
Drinking water is soooooo good for your health I can’t stress it enough.
I used to be a lousy water drinker – I could eat meals without drinking a drop of liquid, and I could exercise until there was no tomorrow without thinking about taking a swig of water.
Knowing how bad this habit was for my [...]
Loss or Change of Taste and Metformin
Hi my peeps, here’s an e-mail we got from a reader….thought we’d share it with you!
Dear Pharmacists:
My 76 year old mom has lost her sense of taste in the last few months after having her metformin doubled to two 500mg tablets a day and adding Furosemide and K-dur 20 meq po tbcr to her [...]
