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My doctor prescribed a pill for depression and anxiety. Recently, I have noticed symptoms like thirst, blurred vision, and pain in my foot. Are these side effects of my medication? I am greatly afraid of diabetes. Should I continue using my medication? Can it lead to diabetes?

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My eight year old son was diagnosed with type I diabetes six months ago, and his doctor here advised that he must take vaccine for influenza and hepatitis A. What’s your opinion?

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My 62 years young father, who has diabetes and is currently lifting weights, wants to know if creatine is a safe supplement to take.

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I have read many times about aspirin therapy in diabetes to decrease the risk of heart disease. Are there are any studies in children using baby aspirin? My son is almost 4 and was diagnosed 11 months ago.

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My son has been successfully using oral diazoxide. Since it seems he will always be on this medicine, I am wondering what the long- term effects are of using diazoxide are. Could it be damaging in anyway, physically or mentally?

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My niece at the age of 16 developed type 1 diabetes after being prescribed accutane. Is there any central organization what would keep track of similar cases?

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Within a half hour of each dose of erythromycin, I suffer from very low blood sugar, worse than normal. Have you found out any information about this?

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My mother’s diabetes doctor wants her to take Monopril, but her primary physician says the Monopril is causing her blood pressure to go too low and told her to stop taking it, and neither wants to change his position. She has no idea who is right or what she should do.

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What effect does the use of growth hormone (Somatropin) have on the pancreas? Is it possible for overdosages to trigger type 1 diabetes earlier than it’s naturally destined time frame? Could it affect somatostatin, the hormone made by the delta cells?

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If my son, who has type 1 diabetes, needs to get a smallpox vaccination, I need to convince him to do so. The only way I can do that is with hard statistics. Do you have statistics showing results of administering the smallpox vaccination to people with type 1 diabetes in the early 50s, 60s or 70s? What are the complications?

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