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How to help patients manage diabetes

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Below are some important counseling points to keep in mind for patients getting diabetes prescriptions for the first time: Oral medications: Go over the dosage of diabetes medications and what side effects the patient might expect, along with ways to manage them. For instance, steroids can drastically raise blood glucose levels.

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Cephalexin interactions to avoid

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Adverse side effects are essential to remember, but recognizing the potential for drug interactions with other prescription medications, nonprescription drugs, and food is crucial, too. Cephalexin and probiotics or oral live vaccines This one makes perfect sense. Probiotics contain “good” bacteria to help populate the intestines.