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Moderate disease often requires oral medications, and more severe Type 2 disease requires oral medicines and insulin injections.
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Side effects from oral medications include gastrointestinal upset, rash and abnormal liver function.
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Dr. Munshi put Ms. Goterch on a regimen of one insulin injection in the morning and oral medications at mealtimes.
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Under the agreement, FMC will use DaVita Rx prescription drug services to fill and ship oral medications to its U.S. Medicare patients.
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But guidelines from the World Health Organization indicate that 85% to 90% of cancer patients could have their pain controlled by oral medications.
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Common acne treatments include topical creams and oral medications, such as antibiotics and isotretinoin, known in the U.S. by its brand name Accutane.
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Your doctor might prescribe oral medication at first before moving on to injectible medications because oral medications are easier to take and they're less expensive.
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The medications typically in short supply are generally low cost drugs such as morphine sulfate, zofran, compazine, reglan, ativan and valium.. The shortages often involve injectable drugs which are more technically difficult to manufacture than oral medications.
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Still more severe disease will require oral medications that encourage the pancreas to make more insulin such as glyburide or glipizide Some patients with even more severe type 2 disease are treated with subcutaneous injections of insulin.
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For those who are taking oral and injectable medications, this includes when the medications should be taken, as well as what foods should be eaten and when meals should be eaten.
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