PPR 6006: MEDICATION REGIMEN REVIEW ASSIGNMENT Mr. L is an 84-year-old man with dementia and a medical history of atrial fibrillation, diabetes mellitus (type 2), chronic kidney disease, gastritis, and gastro-esophageal reflux disease. His past surgeries include a bladder resection for bladder cancer resulting in urinary incontinence in 2010 and a lumbar decompression for spinal stenosis in 2008. He lives with his wife of 51 years, Mrs. L, who cares for him. His biggest concerns are forgetfulness
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NEWER ANTIDIABETIC DRUGS A. Sundaram* , C. R. Anand Moses*, S. Ilango*, V. Seshiah** INTRODUCTION The basic defects in Type 2 diabetes consist of (1) Insulin deficiency (2) Insulin resistance and (3) increased hepatic glucose production (HGP) leading to glucotoxicity, beta cell exhaustion and finally beta cell failure. The treatment strategies to overcome these defects are: 1) Modified meal Plan 2) Exercise 3) Blood glucose lowering drugs and 4) Insulin The current oral blood glucose lowering agents
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GE258 6/18/11 This is how I would explain hypertension to a 63-year-old man, whom I will call Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith, I hear that you have recently been diagnosed with hypertension and I would like to give you a little information and helpful tips to living with this disease. First off, hypertension is more commonly known as high blood pressure. It affects your cardiovascular system by forcing the blood against your artery walls throwing off your hearts natural homeostasis. More simply put
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Phoenix Tinia C Allen For my final project I have chosen diabetes. It’s the disease that I feel I know the most about. Most of my family members suffer from the disease and some of them have died from it. I also had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with my daughter. I have read several books on the subject and have learned a lot from my mother who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes 5 years ago. Since my mother was diagnosed I have started to change my diet and
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as half; • Better recovery from a heart attack and reduced risk of having a second heart attack; • Reduced risk of stroke; • Reduced risk of having high blood pressure and high cholesterol; • Prevention and treatment of non-insulin dependent diabetes; • Reduced risk of developing and dying from some cancers, such as colon and breast cancers; and assistance with coping, rehabilitation and survival from cancer; • Prevention of obesity and weight management; • Decreased body fat; • Increased
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Diabetes Among African Americans Diabetes has been affecting the African American community in the United States for a long time. Diabetes is a disease that occurs in people by altering the body’s metabolic process in producing insulin. Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the pancreas which regulates the amount of sugar in our blood stream, and in turn becomes energy. There are two types of diabetes: type 1diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Type 1diabetes, which usually begins during childhood
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Literature Review in Research: An Annotated Bibliography An Annotated Bibliography (Childhood Obesity) Li, J., & Hooker, N. (2010). Childhood obesity and schools: evidence from the National Survey of Children's Health. Journal Of School Health, 80(2), 96-103. doi:10.1111/j.1746-1561.2009.00471.x Retrieved July 29, 2012 from EBSCOhost. This is a rather good article that explains why the schools that have lunch programs bring a healthier choice of food for children. It describes that living
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Grace to develop, manufacture and distribute the two drugs that cure diabetes, NII and ATAP. Grace is also used as a platform to educate the community on obesity, diabetes prevention and the basics to a healthy lifestyle. Grace Pharmaceuticals has been the leader in the study, research and development of the cure for diabetes and their mission is to continue to further develop various other medications that can also cure diabetes as resistance to the current drug is inevitable. Dr. Butler received
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Diabetes Diabetes is the most common disorder of the endocrine system and it is when the body cannot make insulin or utilize it resulting in a higher than normal blood sugar. There are three different types of diabetes which are type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is when a woman experiences diabetes only while pregnant and it goes away after the birth of her child. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells
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DIABETES RISKS There are two types of diabetes, type 1 and type 2 diabetes. They have in common that the level of sugar in the blood is abnormally high. Type 1 diabetes is characterized by a deficiency of the hormone insulin that regulates blood sugar levels. Basically it means that the body is not producing its own insulin. Type 2 diabetes is when the level of insulin can be low, normal or high. In this case it means that the body is not responding properly to insulin and it becomes partially
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