For Those With Diabetes, Older Drugs Are Often Best

Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes.

WHEN it comes to prescription drugs, newer is not necessarily better. And that’s especially true when treating diabetes.

One in 10 Americans has Type 2 diabetes. If the trend continues, one in three will suffer from the disease by the year 2050, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Most Type 2 diabetes patients take one or more drugs to control blood sugar. They spent an estimated $12.5 billion on medication in 2007, twice the amount spent in 2001, according to a study by the University of Chicago. (That figure does not including (sic) drugs that diabetics are often prescribed for related health conditions, like high blood pressure and high cholesterol.)

Fit people are not fat people.

Get fit. Save money. Free yourself from the drugs or reduce your chances of taking them.