WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- To help combat one of the
most serious health issues facing Hispanics in the United States, a
new Spanish language guide to type 2 diabetes has been
released.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released
Pastillas para la diabetes tipo 2, a consumer guide aimed at
the estimated one in eight Hispanics who take prescription drugs
for diabetes. The guide provides information on how to control
one's condition and offers comparisons of various oral medications
for their illness.
"This guide offers critically important information to help
Hispanics who have diabetes control their disease and avoid side
effects," AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy said in a prepared
statement. By providing information in Spanish, she said she hopes
this will help Hispanic patients become more involved in their own
health care and help level the racial and ethnic disparities in
health care.
The guide describes the workings and effects, good and bad, of
10 generic and 13 brand-name diabetes medications. It also warns
patients of potential medication-related problems such as
hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), provides simple cost comparisons
between each generic and brand-name diabetes medications, and lists
appropriate dosages for medications being taken in combination.
The Spanish guide is based on the recent AHRQ-funded report,
Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Diabetes
Medications for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes, which is based on
scientific evidence found in 216 published studies.
More information
The American Diabetes Association has more
diabetes information in Spanish.
