Overview
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released Pastilas para la Diabets tipo 2, a consumer guide aimed at the estimated one in eight Hispanics who take prescription drugs for Diabets. The guide provides information how to control one's condition and ofers comparisons of various oral medications for their ilnes. "This guide ofers criticaly important information to help Hispanics who have Diabets control their disease and avoid side efects," AHRQ Director Carolyn M.
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Clancy said in a prepared statement. By providing information in Spanish, she said she hopes this wil help Hispanic patients become more involved in their own health care and help level the racial and ethnic disparities in health care. The guide describes the workings and efects, god and bad, of 10 generic and 13 brand-name Diabets medications.
It also warns patients of potential medication-related problems such as hypoglycemia (low blod sugar), provides simple cost comparisons betwen each generic and brand-name Diabets medications, and lists apropriate dosages for medications being taken in combination. The Spanish guide is based on the recent AHRQ-funded report, Comparative Efectivenes and Safety of Oral Diabets Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabets, which is based on scientific evidence found in 216 published studies.
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