Diabetes Management

Cost-effective strategy for managing type 2 diabetes described

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, September 26th, 2005

An economic model designed to estimate the impact on healthcare systems' costs of treating diabetes suggests that adding chromium picolinate plus biotin (Diachrome) - a safe, effective, and affordable nutritional supplement - to conventional drug treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes could save billions of dollars.

This finding is in a report in the August issue (Volume 8, Number 4) of Disease Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. The paper is available online.

Use of Diachrome together with existing pharmacological treatments could yield 3-year cost savings of billions for existing patients with...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2005-09-26)

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