Elevated blood sugar levels increase the risk of the development of complications of diabetes including blindness, kidney failure and leg amputations. Lifestyle changes are crucial in the management of diabetes. However, often they are not enough and medications are also needed to further lower blood sugar.
With diabetes, it is you-the patient- who plays a vital role in managing your disease. That is why it’s important you learn as much as you can especially when it comes to managing your medications.
Check out the Health Design Lab’s 5-Minute Med school on diabetes medications- a 2 page handout with summarized information on the 5 key things you need to know on the use of medications for lowering blood sugar and the 10 questions to ask your doctor or pharmacist. It also includes our “2-Best Toolkit”: best websites, books, videos, blogs etc. chosen by our pharmacist from the world’s resources.
