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Combination diabetes drugs can help patients reach mealtime blood sugar target

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First published September 2016, updated March 2022   There are currently 3.5 million people in the UK diagnosed with diabetes, a figure predicted to rise to an estimated five million people by 2025. Over two thirds of adults treated with insulin do not reach the NICE target for blood glucose control (HbA1c ‰¤ 7.5%), increasing their risk of potentially avoidable complications such as amputation, blindness and renal disease. Dr Mike Baxter, medical therapy expert at Sanofi UK, said: €œBlood glucose management in the UK is amongst the worst in Europe with, on average, people with type 2 diabetes having the

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