Medication

  • Worth a (Swine Flu) Shot

    Influenza (flu) season in the U.S. lasts from approximately November through March, and sometimes into early spring. Not sure where to get a flu shot? Ask your health care provider.

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  • Memory Makers

    It’s said that America’s “other” drug problem is nonadherence: skipping or delaying doses and not taking medication as prescribed. “Noncompliance is a critical issue,” says Willie Campos, RPh, Liberty Medical pharmacist.

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  • On Pens and Needles

    Patient A has type 1 diabetes and has been injecting himself with insulin every day since 1970. Patient B, who also has type 1, has given himself daily injections for more than 50 years. Both started out using a syringe and vial

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  • Take a Closer Look at Labels

    Pop quiz: Your prescription drug label says, “Take 2 capsules, 2 times a day.” How many total capsules should you take in one day?

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  • I Decide to Know My Estimated Average Glucose

    Has your health care team told you about estimated average glucose (eAG)? It’s a new — and very helpful — way to measure your blood glucose control during the previous two to three months.

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  • Rebirth of Beta

    In type 1 diabetes, insulin-producing beta cells are destroyed by the immune system, leading the pancreas to produce little or no insulin.

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  • Sidestep Side Effects

    When a popular cholesterol medication caused sharp, stabbing cramps in Stephanie Crandell’s thighs, “I called my doctor ASAP,” recalls the Boston resident.

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  • Staying the Course

    Perhaps it was the McDonald’s french fries she confesses to loving, or the irregular hours, meal times and diet choices associated with her husband’s frequent hospital visits for dialysis in 2001.

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  • Open Season for Prescriptions

    It’s that time again — the open enrollment period for Medicare Prescription Drug Plans, also known as Medicare Part D.

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  • 6 Steps to a Healthy Heart

    Nancy Douglass doesn’t know which came first — the cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) or the diabetes. Fifteen years ago, when she was in her 50s, she was diagnosed with both.

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