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Pharmacies nationwide are playing a key role in helping eligible people with diabetes change to new blood glucose meters. This is after Kiwi healthcare specialist Pharmaco (NZ) Limited was awarded the New Zealand sole supply agreement for blood glucose meters and strips by PHARMAC, late last year.
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1 - Diabetes is the result of the body not creating enough insulin to keep blood glucose (sugar) levels in the normal range. Everyone needs some glucose in their blood, but if it’s too high it can damage your body over time.
Type 1 diabetes is an ‘auto-immune’ condition. Basically the body sets up an attack against the cells within it that make insulin. These cells are called beta cells and are isolated in the pancreas. The result is that the body does not produce any insulin (or very little) – (Diabetes NZ, www.diabetes.org.nz, accessed October 2017)
Type 2 diabetes is a condition in which your body isn't able to use insulin properly, resulting in high blood glucose levels. This can lead to a wide range of health problems if not treated (healthnavigator.org.nz, accessed 2017).
2 - For further information, please visit: www.pharmacodiabetes.co.nz
Always read the pack insert/user manual, follow the manufacturer’s instructions, and the advice provided by health care professionals. TAPS DA1827IM
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
