…fasting – your blood sugar is likely to drop. This may make you feel weak, tired and dizzy. This is called hypoglycaemia (which means low sugar) – a period of…
Sitagliptin: the first in a new class of drugs for type 2 diabetes
…for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is available on prescription and can be prescribed in primary care. Principal advantages include lack of weight gain and hypoglycaemia, which should…
Self blood glucose monitoring
…glucose levels helps to prevent immediate problems such as hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia and longer-term microvascular complications, including retinopathy, renal disease and neuropathy. There are many different ways in which diabetes…
Keeping on track: streamlining diabetes management in older patients
…and a patient-oriented approach. Ageing and co-morbidity may make management challenging, and clinicians need to be alert to factors such as impaired cognitive function, depression and increased susceptibility to hypoglycaemia….
Ensuring the safe use of insulin in diabetes
…admission to hospital. There is therefore much that needs to be done to improve the safe use of insulin in order to reduce medication errors and hospitalisation associated with hypoglycaemia….
Guest editorial
…2 diabetes – do not question their healthcare professionals enough about what they can expect from living with the condition. This is especially true in the area of hypoglycaemia –…