title: Tactics for type II diabetes.
abstract: Type II diabetes is a prototype of chronic diseases. Given its human and economic importance, it deserves a comprehensive strategy for management; this should include a public health phase, a primary medical management phase, and a complex management phase. Public health tactics include finding susceptible persons, teaching preventive habits, and screening for early diagnosis. Primary management tactics include enhancing life-style efforts, prescribing single and combined drug regimens as directed by algorithms, and objectively testing short-term outcomes. Complex management deals with patients with diabetic complications or poor glucose control despite algorithmic tactics, who therefore need individualized treatments.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, USA.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Riddle
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008019:Life Style; D011634:Public Health
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin