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Health Encyclopedia: Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
- Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
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Treatment
The major treatment goals for people with type 2 diabetes are:
- Treat all conditions that place the patients at risk for heart disease and stroke, which are the major killers of people with type 2 diabetes.
- Control blood glucose levels. The goal is to achieve fasting blood glucose levels of less than 110 mg/dL and glycolated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels of less than 7%. The objective is to reduce complications in small blood vessels and the nerve damage associated with diabetes.
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Expert & Community Posts
Under the radar
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Insulin: First-line treatment?
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The Diversity of Diabetes
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Diabetes Drug Dangers
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Short-Acting Insulin Isn’t Short for Most Type 2s
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Health Guide
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Diabetes
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...identify some people with impaired glucose levels that would eventually normalize. Such people might be treated unnecessarily with medications that pose a risk for high blood sugar... Read more »What Is A Stroke?
...emphasize that another stroke is the greatest risk stroke or TIA survivors face, and that TIAs need to treated as aggressively as strokes. Prevention guidelines include:Lifestyle changes: Quit... Read more »Peripheral Artery Disease and Intermittent Claudication: Risk Factors
...present. One study reported that 90% of patients with PAD were current or former smokers. [For more information, see In-Depth Report #41: Smoking.]Diabetes. People with type 2 diabetes have three... Read more »Images
Medications
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...inhibitors (e.g., acetazolamide) certain drugs to treat gout (e.g., probenecid) drugs to... Read more »
...(insulin-dependent diabetes). How To Use Read the Patient Information leaflet if one is... Read more »
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Related News
Fighting Type 2 Diabetes
December 29, 2006BOSTON (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Nearly 21 million people in the United States are living with diabetes, and as many as 95 percent of diabetics... Read summary »
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Diabetes Treatment Ups Depression Risk
July 09, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) The treatment used to help people with type 2 diabetes may cause some patients to develop depression. Johns Hopkins researchers... Read summary »
Diabetics say Goodbye to Insulin
April 20, 2007MINNEAPOLIS (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- People with type 1 diabetes must rely on taking insulin shots every day just to survive. A procedure called... Read summary »
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