See the Jan. 12, 2015 on-line issue of JAMA Internal
Medicine.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Diabetes is Substantially Over-treated in Older Adults
A ten-year
study by Dr. Kasia Lipska of Yale showed the alarming result that we are
over-treating diabetic patients 65 years of age and older. Oral and injectable hypoglycemic agents cause
25% of emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in this age
group. Tight control of the blood sugar
with drugs can lead to low blood sugar, increased mortality, falls and
accidents, cardiovascular disease, dementia, and poor health-related quality of
life. It makes sense to utilize
lifestyle improvements and natural remedies that do not run the risk of
hypoglycemia instead of multiple drugs, which are both expensive and dangerous.
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