Type 2 Drug vs. Type 2 Drug

By Deborah Mitchell for eMaxHealth.com

If you have type 2 diabetes, there are many drug treatment options at your disposal, and the numbers continue to grow. Two of the newer type 2 diabetes drugs, exenatide (Bydureon) and liraglutide (Victoza) were recently compared in a head-to-head study, so how did they do?

More type 2 diabetes drugs are available
If you and your doctor decide you need to take medications to help control blood sugar and other factors associated with type 2 diabetes, the number of available drugs keeps changing. This means you and your healthcare provider may need to review those options periodically, along with your diet and exercise program, to determine what approach is best for you.