Thyroid Disease

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2012-02-10 Endocrinology (including Diabetes) - I am Loosing Weight while using Metformin:

Dear Ahson,  Metformin combined with a low carbohydrate diet and exercise program has been shown to help some people with type 2 diabetes lose weight.  Even if studies seem to point towards metformin positively

2012-02-06 Endocrinology (including Diabetes) - glucola alternative:

Rawn,     Glucola is pretty horrible to drink, isn't it?  The reason that they use is to test for diabetes, though, is because it has exactly 75 grams of glucose, and they know exactly what your body's

2012-02-06 Endocrinology (including Diabetes) - Lipohypertrophy:

Dear Danielle,  Repeatedly injecting into the same site or near the same site can cause lumps which are called lipohypertrophy. Using these areas of lipohypertrophy will cause inconsistent absorption of

2012-02-04 Endocrinology (including Diabetes) - medicines on diabetes:

Amy,    I'm most familiar with the diabetes medications, and glimepiride (Amaryl) is one in a class of drugs that can cause weight gain.  You may want to ask your doctor about possibly going on some more

2012-02-03 Endocrinology (including Diabetes) - eating slowly to avoid sugar spikes:

Dear Emily,  It is recommended that people injecting insulin learn the insulin-to-carbohydrate ( I-C ) ratios, which are used to calculate the correct insulin doses needed for specific amounts of carbohydrate