Health and Fitness

Newer Diabetes Drugs Cost More, But May Not Work Better

Several twenty-dollar bills rolled up and encased in a medication capsule. (stock image)ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2014.  Two newer classes of drugs to treat adult-onset diabetes may be no more effective than the old standby, yet they cost significantly more over the course of a patient’s disease.

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That’s according to a National Science Foundation-funded study by researchers at the University of Michigan, Mayo Clinic and North Carolina State University.

Based on a simulation model that involved 15 years worth of actual patient data from more than 37,000 individuals,…

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