We help our clients understand trends and drug therapy. We've never seen a doubling [of prescriptions] over this period of time.
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With the quality and volume of data we have available, Express Scripts is one of the few organizations in the nation capable of undertaking a study of this magnitude and importance. We're publicly sharing these results because of the important long-term health and financial implications these findings have for children, their families and those that pay for health care in this country.
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From 2002 to 2005, we found a doubling of type 2 diabetes medications.
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From 2002 to 2005, 11,500 commercially insured kids were started on the type 2 drugs. And that doesn't include children on Medicaid.
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This study is the first of its kind nationally to reveal the long-suspected national increase in prevalence of children with or at risk for diabetes.
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