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Can there be a treatment for diabetes?
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Many treatments: 1. Weight loss (if overweight) 2. Low carbohydrate diet 3. Aerobic exercise (250 min/week) 4. Less sitting & more standing 5. Metformin 6. Januvia or other dpp4 inhibitors 7. Actos 8. Victoza (liraglutide) or other glp-1 injectables 9. Glipizide or other sulfonureas 10. Insulin injections 11. Bariatric surgery (roux-en-y and others).
Answered 6/25/2014
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Answered 5/19/2014
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