BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | APRIL 6, 2023 If you have diabetes and take insulin or certain types of diabetes pills, such as sulfonylureas or meglitinides, you are at risk for having hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia means low blood glucose (sugar) and this occurs when the level of glucose in your blood drops below a safe level. If you have...
by University of Connecticut Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A serious side effect of weight-loss surgery can take more than a year to appear. Vanessa Hurta is spreading the word. Hurta, who completed her doctorate of nursing practice at UConn’s School of Nursing this month, has worked as a nurse practitioner in a bariatric surgery practice for many years. UConn’s DNP...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Dec 28 2020 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic of glucagon for injection USP, 1 mg/vial packaged in an emergency kit, for the treatment of severe hypoglycemia (very low blood sugar), which may occur in patients with diabetes mellitus. The drug is also indicated as...
by Baylor College of Medicine Low blood sugar levels, known as hypoglycemia, can be a life-threatening situation, especially for people with type 1 diabetes who rely on intensive insulin therapy to prevent blood sugar from going too high. Solutions to this problem may come from a better understanding of the basic mechanisms keeping blood sugar...
by University of East Anglia Credit: University of East Anglia Older people with diabetes would benefit from using wearable glucose monitors—according to new research from the University of East Anglia. The devices help people with diabetes manage their condition by reducing the need for finger-prick blood tests. But while they have been approved by the NHS, mainly for...
Tramadol, an opioid, is widely used to treat moderate or severe pain, but patients may be at risk of low blood sugar levels UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO Since its approval in 1995, the opioid tramadol (marketed as ConZip and Ultram) has become a widely prescribed remedy for osteoarthritis and other painful indications, in...
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY NEW ORLEANS–Older adults with type 1 diabetes typically have low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, for more than an hour a day, suggests research to be presented Monday, March 25 at ENDO 2019, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in New Orleans, La. Those who are not aware their blood sugar is too low can spend more than 100 minutes a day...
Fasting before getting your blood drawn for cholesterol tests is common practice, but new research from Michigan State University shows it is a contributing factor of low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, in patients who take diabetes medications. The study, published in the International Journal of Endocrinology, shows that people with diabetes are more likely to...
A new study examining the risk of fasting during Ramadan for people with type 1 diabetes compared blood glucose control and the rates of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia between users of insulin pump therapy versus multiple daily insulin injections. The researchers report their findings in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics(DTT). Reem Alamoudi, MD, MHSc, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal...
