Day in and day out, she carefully calibrated the doses needed to keep her Type 2 diabetes in check.
“Every meal, and every morning and every night — it controls your life,” she said.
In late 2021, she started on the diabetes drug Ozempic.
She still uses a continuous glucose monitor to track her blood sugar, meticulously watching for slumps and spikes — but even as she took less insulin, she said, Ozempic has helped keep her glucose levels more under control.
Millions of Americans rely on some form of insulin, a lifesaving drug that has long been a mainstay of diabetes treatment.
Persons:
Betsy Chadwell, ”, Ozempic, Chadwell, “, Scott Hagan
Organizations:
University of Washington