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Diabetes and Adoption
Rachel and her husband chose to adopt a baby instead of meeting the challenges of handling a high risk pregnancy and Rachel’s type 1 diabetes at the same time. She shares their thought process and ultimate happy ending about the decision to bring a child into their lives.
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Chris Matthews Makes Time for Diabetes
Hosting Hardball on MSNBC and The Chris Matthews Show keep Chris Matthews working long hours. But Matthews got a lesson in priorities and made some life changes when he was diagnosed with type 2.
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A Chihuahua with Diabetes
Olivia and her dog both have diabetes and today they comfort and encourage each other through the rigors of dealing with the disease. Plus, find out what it means when your domestic pet is diagnosed with diabetes.
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Smoking and Diabetes
Smoking has severe effects on your diabetes and your health. Learn why diabetes and smoking are an especially bad combination and get some tips from the experts on how to quit.
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Continuous Glucose Monitors
CGM is a relatively new technology, but the information it provides is invaluable. Find out what CGM offers and whether it could help you.
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Latest Type 1 Issues Articles
Save A Few Billion: Buy Generic Drugs
Aug 26, 2007
Americans spend 275 billion dollars on prescription medicines every single year, sixty percent of it on generics. But in the next five years, the twenty-year patents are going to expire on enough brand-name medicines to account for about 60 billion dollars of that total. And the generics that spring up to replace those drugs will be thirty to eighty percent cheaper.
It's good news for everyone who takes medicine, except maybe for the 22 percent who don't trust generics to be as good as brand names. Perhaps they're equating generic drugs to knock-offs of other products, like clothing, which may not measure up to the original name brand. But when it comes to drugs, it's important to remember that the FDA makes sure that generics meet the same quality standards as the brand names. They're just as good, so you may as well save the money.
Source: The New York Times
Editor's Note: My health plan charges me a larger co-pay for my insulin, Levemir and Novolog, even though no generic insulins yet exist. Their policy of charging a premium for a brand name even when a generic isn't available does not seem quite kosher. Let's hope that generic insulins make it to the market soon. (For more on that possibility, see "Why Does Insulin Cost More Than Ever? It's All In The Way It's Made", May 2007.)
Categories: Beginners, Insulin, Medications, Professional Issues, Type 1 Issues, Type 2 Issues, Type 2 Medications
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