Are there any new advances in diabetes treatments?
Yes, there are several important new advances. The latest is a whole new class of medicines you can take. There are the hormones that are normally produced when you eat and they are defective in people with diabetes. So, one of them is an injectable and is called Byetta. Byetta mimics a natural hormone and the beauty of it is that it can induce weight-loss in people with diabetes. It’s really cool! The disadvantage is that it does have to be given by injection a couple of times a day and that’s kind of a hassle. But if you know anything about injections today, the needles have become so great, that you can’t even feel it. You literally can not feel it. It’s not anything like when you give blood or get a blood test which uses a huge needle. Giving yourself insulin or giving yourself Byetta is completely quick and painless. There is also an oral form which works in somewhat of a different way and it’s called Januvia. It’s a once-a-day pill which helps with your diabetes, will not give yo
