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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2456549" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi [USER=545952]@Widgets[/USER], thanks for posting. Interesting article but it focuses on the set hb1ac target for those on insulin or glucose lowering meds, and the apparent issue that setting those targets 'too low' causes people to aim for it and suffer the consequences of dangerous hypos, all whipped up by big pharma who were only interested in profits (correct).. This to my mind comes long after the actual issue they should be focusing on, ie, has the person been over medicated in the first place, are they put on insulin as a matter of course because 'type 2' is seen as progressive from day one (the subject referred to was a type 2 male who was on insulin, was aiming for an hb1ac of 7% causing him to have several lows, one of which caused him to fall off his bike and killed him). The pharmaceutical companies were (rightly) getting a roasting but to my mind, for all the wrong reasons! The article never delved into why some people were being put onto an aggressive regime from the start, it seemed to simply accept that the dishing out of insulin to a diabetic, no matter the type was all perfectly normal & natural.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2456549, member: 451727"] Hi [USER=545952]@Widgets[/USER], thanks for posting. Interesting article but it focuses on the set hb1ac target for those on insulin or glucose lowering meds, and the apparent issue that setting those targets 'too low' causes people to aim for it and suffer the consequences of dangerous hypos, all whipped up by big pharma who were only interested in profits (correct).. This to my mind comes long after the actual issue they should be focusing on, ie, has the person been over medicated in the first place, are they put on insulin as a matter of course because 'type 2' is seen as progressive from day one (the subject referred to was a type 2 male who was on insulin, was aiming for an hb1ac of 7% causing him to have several lows, one of which caused him to fall off his bike and killed him). The pharmaceutical companies were (rightly) getting a roasting but to my mind, for all the wrong reasons! The article never delved into why some people were being put onto an aggressive regime from the start, it seemed to simply accept that the dishing out of insulin to a diabetic, no matter the type was all perfectly normal & natural. [/QUOTE]
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