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Diabetes Medications, One Old and One New, Run into Trouble

by Dr. G. Pepper | Aug 24, 2011 | diabetes, diet, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, metabolism, misc, Uncategorized, weight loss

A potential new treatment for type 2 diabetes, dapagliflozin, recently failed to gain approval from the FDA. What makes this rejection noteworthy is that the new medication works by a completely new mechanism causing the kidney to excrete sugar from the blood into the...

Avandia Law Suit Brings Out the Opportunists

by Dr. G. Pepper | Jul 6, 2011 | diabetes, diet, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, health, metabolism, Uncategorized

The lawsuits against Avandia are being prepared and opportunists are lining up for a payday. Unfortunately, everyone else will wind up a loser, and here’s why. Avandia, one of only two available medicines with unique properties to treat diabetes, was approved in...

Can Actos Really Prevent Type 2 Diabetes?

by Dr. G. Pepper | Mar 27, 2011 | diabetes, diet, general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism, weight gain

Diagnosing diabetes is simple. If the blood sugar is found to be elevated you are diabetic. Increasing or decreasing the cut off level between normal and diabetic will dramatically change the number of people diagnosed with diabetes. In 1997 the American Diabetes...

Old, Old News About Diabetes Medicine Danger Makes Headlines Again

by Dr. G. Pepper | Feb 23, 2010 | diabetes, general health & nutrition, health, hormones, metabolism

In 2007 I published an article entitled, “Old News About Avandia and Actos Makes Front Page New York Times”. This article criticized the media for publishing an old story about the potential danger of Avandia, then a popular diabetes medication. Even in...

New Diabetes Treatment Guidelines Flawed

by Dr. G. Pepper | Jan 18, 2010 | diabetes, diet and weight loss, general health & nutrition, health

New Diabetes Treatment Guidelines Lack Credibility: Recently the American Academy of Clinical Endocrinologists issued new treatment guidelines for treating Type 2 Diabetes. Complex medical guidelines are often referred to as a treatment algorithm. One of the stated...
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