Diabetics who were prescribed newer medications to control their illness were more likely to take these drugs as instructed than were patients who were prescribed drugs that have been on the market for several decades, states a study from Ohio State University, Columbus

USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Oct, 2006

> Diabetics who were prescribed newer medications to control their illness were more likely to take these drugs as instructed than were patients who were prescribed drugs that have been on the market for several decades, states a study from Ohio State University, Columbus. The study suggests that patients on the newer medications had a slightly lower risk of hospitalization and spent between $920-$1,760 less on total annual health care costs.