
- October 2012 Diabetes
- Volume 79
- Issue 10
Help Get Patients to Their LDL-C and A1C Goals: Welchol® (colesevelam HCl) and the ADDvantage Program™
Patients taking medications for high cholesterol and diabetes have a new resource for managing their drug therapy.
This product bulletin was brought to you by Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
This product bulletin describes the efficacy and safety of Welchol, a bile acid sequestrant. Welchol is the first and only add-on to a statin and metformin that is approved by the FDA as an adjunct to diet and exercise to lower both low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and glycated hemoglobin (A1C) levels in adults with primary hyperlipidemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. It also describes the ADDvantage Program, an innovative program to help keep patients on their LDL-C and A1C medications by enabling them to save money on multiple prescriptions and providing valuable resources and tools to help get them to their LDL-C and A1C goals.
Articles in this issue
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Can You Read These Rxs?about 14 years ago
Case Studiesabout 14 years ago
Creating a Service-Focused Practiceabout 14 years ago
Pet Peevesabout 14 years ago
Weight Loss Interventions: Behavioral Versus Stepped Careabout 14 years ago
Effects of Dietary Composition on Energy Expenditure After Weight Lossabout 14 years ago
Telephonic CBT Versus Face-to-Face CBT for Depressionabout 14 years ago
Medication Costs Pose Challenge for Many Americans