ight's woman's doctor. >> thelma blackston has managed her type two diabetes for years, taking medication at specific
times each day. >> it's a hassle. in the morning, trying to get up and take that, along with the
vitamins and the other pills, and putting it together, then at bedtime, you got to remember to your pills. >> but that's about to change. soon thelma will take this often prescribed combination drugshown -- drug shown
here containing her diabetes medication smetformin and linagliptin in a new extended release pill.just approved by the fda. >> it's very convenient if two of those medications are together in one pill form. not only does it reduce the
patient's co-pay, but it decreases the number of times they have to remember to take their medicine, so it decreases the pill burden. >> mercy medical center doctor supneet saluja says patients only have to take this extended release combo drug once a day,
and since it contains metformin, there's another advantage . >> if you take it in the regular form, it has a lot of gastrointestinal side effects; can cause diarrhea, just makes the patient feel bad. so if it is taken in an extended
release form, it has less of those side effects. >> and that's just what thelma's been waiting for.
Diabetes Adults Pharmacology,>> the thought of less pills, that's even great, cause i got a vacation coming up, and don't want to have to pack too many
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