http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/12/14/diabetes-drugs-risks-wo-benefit/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/12/14/diabetes-drugs-risks-wo-benefit/#comment-619 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:30:00 +0000 http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=3969#comment-619 Dr. Nortin Hadler was asked to respond to this question, as his statements sparked this comment. Dr. Hadler replied, “My intent is to display and discuss the science that informs clinical decision making. I am not preempting a particular interaction between any patient and their physician. However, one of the advantages we all enjoy in the 21st C is the robust science that can inform that interaction.”

]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/12/14/diabetes-drugs-risks-wo-benefit/#comment-617 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:34:50 +0000 http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=3969#comment-617 This article falls short of your usual standards. As someone who has diabetes (controlled with Metformin and Byetta), high blood pressure (controlled with Lisinopril and Amlodipine), hypothyroidism (treated with Levothyroxine), and high cholesterol (lowered with Lipitor), I am unwilling to stop these medications. I have lowered my weight, changed my food habits, and increased my activity level so that I have been able to cut my Lipitor way down and maybe stop it. But to stop treating diabetes sounds absolutely suicidal. You’re not suggesting that, are you?

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