Good news for diabetics!

[lopburi3]

8 minutes ago, Oxx said:

 

It very much is relatively.  At 50 baht/tablet it is expensive.  Someone on a low wage would struggle to afford it.

 

The good news is that it appears to come off patent in 2019, so the cost (fingers crossed) should plummet after that as generic versions become available.

He was talking about with full insurance - which means in USA it was very expensive or not covered.

[partington]

On 4/9/2017 at 11:56 AM, Oxx said:

 

That's a logical nonsense.  It's like saying there's no cure for typhoid - if you drink contaminated water it will come back.

 

The fact is that an extremely low calorie diet will in many cases remove the excess fat from the pancreas - a cure.

I'm afraid yours is the lack of logic here.

 

What you are saying is the exact equivalent of saying that you can cure an allergy to peanuts by not eating peanuts!

 

 

* although you are technically correct that radical starvation diets under medical supervision, that are so extreme that they can reduce fat deposits in the pancreas, have been shown to actually reverse insulin reistance, these are not in any way the  moderate carbohydrate reduction diets being discussed in this thread.  They are unattainable by 99% of people and medically unadvisable.

Edited April 12, 2017 by partington