Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
EXPERTS are warning of a “diabetes disaster” if guidelines to use cheaper and rarely used drugs get the go-ahead.
Doctors say the guidelines by the health regulatory body NICE to prescribe two medications with the standard metformin are “bonkers”.
One of the drugs has side-effects.
Doctors say the switch could lead to poorer health for people with Type 2 diabetes and could leave Britain with a financial burden.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/561275/Diabetes-disaster-cheaper-drugs-prescribed
Doctors say the guidelines by the health regulatory body NICE to prescribe two medications with the standard metformin are “bonkers”.
One of the drugs has side-effects.
Doctors say the switch could lead to poorer health for people with Type 2 diabetes and could leave Britain with a financial burden.
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/561275/Diabetes-disaster-cheaper-drugs-prescribed