Insulin Interactions - Articles

Sort by: Newest Most Comments Relevance

FDA Let Scientists With Drug-Company Ties Evaluate New Insulin Product by Connie Bennett Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 18 Dec 2008 8:14pm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed scientists with direct financial ties to Pfizer serve on an advisory committee to evaluate the drug company's proposed insulin inhaler, Exubera, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest. The New York Times also discusses the issue of conflict of interest about Exubera Read on »

Twenty Percent Of Adults Taking Insulin Regularly Skip Insulin Doses by John Shelmet Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 05 Apr 2010 5:41am More than half (57%) of adult patients taking insulin will purposely skip a dose on occasion and 20% do so routinely. This information is based on a survey of 502 American adult diabetics. The sampling was weighted to be "representative of insulin-using U.S. adults with diabetes". Type 2 diabetics made up 77% of the survey that was reported Read on »

Drug-Drug Interactions to Watch Out For by Dirk H. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 22 Nov 2010 1:42pm of chemistry, noted that human populations vary widely in the version of genes they carry for P450 enzymes. According to Green, “adverse drug-drug interactions are a well-known problem... Family Physician , Tom Lynch and Amy Price explain that cytochrome P450 enzymes “can be inhibited or induced by drugs, resulting in clinically significant drug-drug interactions Read on »

JAMIA: Pharmacy CDS tools spotty at identifying drug-drug interactions by Adam Chee Posted Thu 06 Jan 2011 12:00am drug pairs13 of which were clinically significant DDIs, and six that were non-interacting drug pairs. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative... as a great way to introduce the topic to you readers Many pharmacy clinical decision-support (CDS) systems don’t always identify well-known, clinically relevant drug-drug Read on »

Insulin, Brain Function And Alzheimer’s Disease - Is Insulin Resistance To Blame For Alzheimer’s? by Ralph S. Certified Nurse Specialist

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:54am Diffusible Ligands (ADDLs) and their interaction with insulin ADDLs Insulin resistance and the associated inflammation that typifies type 2 diabetes/Metabolic Syndrome, is linked... at a crucial locus of memory and learning facilitation-the synapse. This disrupted insulin interaction (signaling) with receptors leads to the loss of synapse function vital Read on »

Insulin Users and TSA - Insulin Users GET OVER YOURSELVES! by Kathleen Patient Expert

Posted Mon 04 Jan 2010 6:38am I have refused to fly since becoming an insulin users. It takes me three months to use up a bottle via joscafe.com Seriously. I am getting SO pissed off over all the indigent diabetes who are upset about the TSA rules. I've had to deal with TSA rules for several years and have to deal with a full pat down and full swabbing of all of my Read on »

Berberine herb - effect on insulin sensitivity, insulin release by Dr. John Z. Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 03 Nov 2008 11:05am WJGnet.com - Berberine, the major active constituent of the Chinese herb Rhizoma Coptidis, has been used to treat diabetes for decades, showing obvious therapeutic actions with few reported side effects. The therapeutic actions of berberine on diabetes have been well studied. Previous researches show that berberine modulates cholesterol through inc ... Read on »

To insulin or not to insulin | The Poor Diabetic by Kathleen Patient Expert

Posted Mon 20 Sep 2010 5:45pm ://thepoordiabetic.com/insulin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thepoordiabetic1+%28The+Poor+Diabetic%29: I have a phobia for needles. Read on »

Does Insulin Deserve A Bad Reputation? The Low-Carb Experts Weigh In by Jimmy M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 09 Dec 2010 5:57pm , stimulation by insulin is very complicated and interacts with other cellular pathways. Finally, insulin is generally anabolic and stimulates proteins synthesis and represses.... I’ve literally interviewed and spoken with hundreds of people who have pointed the finger of blame at excessive insulin production being one of the leading causes of obesity Read on »

Ancient Insulin... Modern Metabolic Chaos and Cancer by Dr. B G Doctor of Pharmacy

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:21pm a stress reaction . Description and understanding of these new roles, their interactions, the interplay between insulin resistance and hyperinsulinaemia, and their implications... will eventually be ruined. Approximately ten years ago, Ferrannini et al wrote a revised canon for insulin actions entitled 'Insulin: New Roles for an Ancient Hormone .' Insulin Read on »