Diabetes mellitus is a big topic.
There are dozens of medications in a bunch of different classes that are used to treat diabetetes.
We have been debating about how to present information on how we can make more affordable, and improve, diabetes care.
We decided to break it down into different components.
The first med on almost every treatment algorithm for diabetes is metformin. We use extended release metformin since it, generally, has fewer gastrointestinal side effects and better tolerability than immediate release metformin.
Additionally, there is only a penny or two difference per tablet between extended release and immediate release formulations.
