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Today, it's the DDP-4 inhibitors! DPP-4 inhibitors can be expensive which may limit their use from time to time. These drugs work to increase the amount of incretin in the body. You can look back at...

I’m going to flip back to oral diabetes meds to cover a new agent that has recently been approved. It is a new class of diabetes med, but generally means it’s going to be quite expensive. This drug...

Thanks to Sarah Taylor, Pharm.D. for her guest post tonight! Sliding scale insulin, or SSI, is commonly seen in nursing homes, however, it might suprise most healthcare workers to hear that this...

The TZD’s or the thiazolinawhachamacallits…Avandia (rosiglitizone) is the bad boy on the block that no one typically uses anymore due to potential issues with heart failure. Actos (pioglitazone) is...

Victoza and Byetta have a similar mechanism of action, and actually we can compare these to the DDP-4 inhibitors as well. These drugs are GLP-1 analogs which is similar to an incretin hormone in the...

Metformin is part of the biguanide class of diabetes meds – I don’t know why I told you that, because you will probably never need to know that, but I have been wrong before. Metformin is usually...

I'm so lucky to have some great followers on Twitter! I have a follower that has generously donated her time, talents and story to help educate others! You can follow her on Twitter @diabeticnurslng...