New Treatments for Diabetes Come With 'Approved' Side Effects Some of us Can't Afford

Common treatments for diabetes include medical care and lifestyle intervention. The medical treatment includes taking insulin, diabetes pills, islet transplant, and other medically supervised and administered interventions. Lifestyle treatment of diabetes include diet control (e.g. anti-diabetes diet), physical exercise, and other life habit regulation.

While lifestyle approach largely comprises diet regulation and some supplementation, exercise, and regulating one's health habits, the medical treatment of this metabolic disease includes some methods that are not void of other health risks. Medical treatment of diabetes is widely considered more favorable. It's populatity may rest on the existence of a wide range of potential medical complications associated with diabetes. However, by carefully considering both approaches, it is easy to conclude that the success of any treatment will largely depend on the involvement of, and choices made by, the patient himself.

Reports about new treatments for diabetes keep popping up all the time and most people take this as "good news". There is always a need for developing new therapies because none of the existing unnatural interventions seem to help the body work naturally to combat this disease. These treatments seem just to "mask" symptoms of diabetes at best.

One article I read on one of the National Institutes of Health websites said that new treatment for diabetes "are bringing more options and convenience to diabetes care". Now take note of the importance of "options and convenience".

There is nothing wrong with these, per se, but so little is being done to promote prevention of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases, compared to what is being done everyday to treat symptoms. Is there any wonder that the industrialized US has the best technology for medical operations, the best pharmaceutical operations and not nearly the highest life expectancy? We have done so well at keeping sick people alive, but far less in preventing them from getting sick in the ffirst place.

Each treatment for diabetes comes with potentially more problems

Note the many times you read that a new treatment for diabetes has been approved by the FDA, only to find a list of side effects that has also been approved for your experience. I can never fathom how approval can be given to drugs with known side effects and unsatisfactory safety performance, and then later make a "re-call" of these substances and label these substances safe.

Remember the announcement about Januvia - the new treatment for diabetes approved in late 2006? The release statement also said, "The most common side effects in clinical studies were upper respiratory tract infection, sore throat, and diarrhea." Now, compare that to the effect of Milagro de la Selva (no contraindications in studies), Diametrix (no side effects from any of the natural ingredients), and these natural products have been used for hundreds of years.

Note that by "treatment for diabetes" or treatment for any illness we have to mean pharmaceutically derived chemicals or combinations of chemicals. The FDA mandates treatments to be chemical concoctions from laboratories.

New treatments for diabetes take on a new trend

There is an effort now to combine several medications in order to maximize "effectiveness". I believe these drugs should only be used short term. Does anyone believe that a 40-year old type 2 diabetic who is otherwise physically able should give up his/her life for a life on a combination of drugs? Some of these chemicals may be determined 4 years down the road to be deleterious - and the drug companies will say, "sorry".

I fear these announcements about any new treatment for diabetes, I really do. With every new "treatment" comes the reality of additional "new" sanctioned injuries. To borrow a proverb, I should have to "cut off my nose to fix my face." Whenever a new diabetic is given medication, he or she should be mandated to exercise therapy. Insurance should be able to pay for group sessions. In addition, patients should be told the truth about their diets - a plant-based diet is best for us.

Safer treatments for diabetes, clinically approved

As a type 2 diabetic, the news of new treatments for diabetes always grab my attention. I have opted to using a combination of professional medical help and natural remedies quite successfully. For more than 3 years my A1c has held at 5.3%, so that my doctor has suggested I only need annual checkups. This level of control has been maintained throughought all these years without medication. Today, I show you my example and ask any type 2 diabetic to try natural treatments for diabetes in conjunction and association with their doctor.

If your doctor is not affraid to lose your frequent patronage, they should not object to your pro-active approach to taking care of your health!

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