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• Can Invokana cause significant weight loss?

  Answered: 9/17/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Is Afressa better than injectable insulin

  Answered: 9/9/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Mixing different insulins in the pump

  Answered: 9/9/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• can I mix different kind of insulins

  Answered: 9/8/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• use bolus or basal insulin

  Answered: 8/25/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Unusal high sugar with the pump

  Answered: 8/18/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Best insulin pump to use

  Answered: 8/10/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin used in insulin pump

  Answered: 8/10/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Benefits of insulin pump

  Answered: 8/10/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• double dose of medications

  Answered: 7/23/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• info

  Answered: 7/5/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Injecting insulin and diving

  Answered: 7/2/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• injecting insulin and swimming in cold water

  Answered: 7/2/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• injecting insulin in the sun

  Answered: 7/2/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Cloudy insulin in the insulin pump

  Answered: 6/9/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Chromium for diabetes

  Answered: 6/1/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Fruit and insulin dose

  Answered: 6/1/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• The right insulin for my food

  Answered: 6/1/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Getting lows from insulin

  Answered: 5/26/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Glipizide for weight loss

  Answered: 5/22/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• New insulin is it better?

  Answered: 5/15/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Is insulin pump better than insulin injection

  Answered: 5/6/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• diabetes and marajuana

  Answered: 4/24/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Fasting and using insulin

  Answered: 4/17/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Missing medication for couple of days

  Answered: 4/6/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Taking medications when I am sick

  Answered: 4/6/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Avoid insulin

  Answered: 3/31/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Why medications so expensive

  Answered: 3/31/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Low sugar in the morning

  Answered: 3/25/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Priming insulin

  Answered: 3/19/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Dosing diabetes medications for a party

  Answered: 3/10/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Coming off medications

  Answered: 3/5/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• sliding scale insulin change for winter months

  Answered: 2/25/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin dose after you shovel snow

  Answered: 2/17/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin dose based on cold weather

  Answered: 2/17/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Are tablets good after couple of years?

  Answered: 2/11/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• What is Glyxambi?

  Answered: 2/4/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Gain Weight on Insulin

  Answered: 1/13/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin and Pregnancy

  Answered: 1/13/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• When is the best time to exercise

  Answered: 1/9/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• exercise and medications

  Answered: 1/9/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• stomach ache with metformin

  Answered: 1/7/2015 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• crystals inside the insulin pen

  Answered: 12/18/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• planning an outdoor trip

  Answered: 12/12/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Injecting insulin after breakfast and dinner

  Answered: 12/12/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• bitter gourd and amla on diabetes and hypertension

  Answered: 12/9/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• about my medicine

  Answered: 11/25/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• about my medicine

  Answered: 11/23/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Medication therapy for 83 years old woman with diabetes

  Answered: 11/21/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• about my medicine

  Answered: 11/21/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Dosing diabetes medication before a big meal

  Answered: 11/20/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• foods during thanksgiving dinner that can effect sugar

  Answered: 11/20/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Best times to take insulin lantus

  Answered: 10/17/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• when is it better to take medications during the day

  Answered: 10/17/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Taking diabetes medications when you are sick

  Answered: 10/6/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Fasting and taking medications

  Answered: 10/6/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• metfromin effect on vitamins

  Answered: 9/29/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Ginseng and sugar medications

  Answered: 9/29/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Use of more than 1 insulin

  Answered: 9/9/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Oral medications versus insulin

  Answered: 9/9/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• New medications for diabetes

  Answered: 9/3/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin expiration in the pump

  Answered: 8/21/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Benefit of Epidra

  Answered: 8/11/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Diffrence among insulin products

  Answered: 8/11/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• is NPH better than other long acting insulins

  Answered: 7/30/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Disconnecting from the insulin pump when going swimminig

  Answered: 7/16/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin pump use on vacation

  Answered: 7/16/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Food

  Answered: 7/10/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Side effects of insulin pump

  Answered: 7/8/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• info

  Answered: 6/21/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• information

  Answered: 6/13/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• sugar free cookies effect on my medications

  Answered: 6/10/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Melatonin

  Answered: 6/4/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Headache after dinner

  Answered: 5/28/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Stomach Ache with metformin

  Answered: 5/23/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• The color of my insulin is it good?

  Answered: 5/21/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Pregnancy and diabetes

  Answered: 5/7/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• high blood sugar

  Answered: 4/29/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Blood needed for fingerstrip

  Answered: 4/23/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• DM TYPE 2 : Sibaprasad Dutta

  Answered: 4/15/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Exercise when taking medications

  Answered: 4/9/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• When to take insulin Lantus that is given 2 times in the day

  Answered: 4/2/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Injecting one dose of insulin right after another dose of insulin

  Answered: 3/26/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Can you inject insulin after the meal?

  Answered: 3/20/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• information

  Answered: 3/12/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Depression medications effect on blood sugar?

  Answered: 3/3/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• info

  Answered: 2/25/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• How long is insulin vial good in refrigerator

  Answered: 2/19/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Getting off insulin

  Answered: 2/12/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• how safe is Farxiga?

  Answered: 2/4/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• What is Farxiga?

  Answered: 1/27/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• how many times a day can I take insulin

  Answered: 1/21/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• insulin u-500 VS insulin u-100

  Answered: 1/15/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Food Supplement such as TREVO

  Answered: 1/7/2014 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Info

  Answered: 12/26/2013 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin outside of the refridgerator

  Answered: 12/18/2013 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• food recommendation

  Answered: 12/11/2013 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Big snack after dinner and dose of insulin

  Answered: 12/4/2013 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Insulin causing dizziness after morning injection

  Answered: 11/25/2013 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE

• Taking insulin if sick and not eating as much

  Answered: 11/20/2013 by Samuel Grossman, BS Pharm, Pharm.D, CDE