diagnosed with type 2 diabetes a chronic condition once reserved for overweight adults but avandias cardiovascular side effects make it risky for use in kids adding another drug called avandia into the mix helped lowering the treatment failure rate to 39 percent this makes us worry about the future of child who develops diabetes because they may be at a high risk for the complications at a relatively young age complications that are really debilitating and sometimes life threatening but these treatments are very burdensome said cuttler a good question is whether obesity is related to resistance to treatment now were each others reminder while there is no cure type 2 diabetes is manageable if you dont take care of yourself it can be deadly april 30 2012151 briana johnson was 8 years old when her doctor tested her for diabetes you think of carefree spontaneous children the study followed nearly 700 children aged 10 to 17 with type 2 diabetes adding a lifestyle intervention that promoted healthy habits also came up short with no benefit over metformin alone now an 18yearold high school senior johnson takes metformin twice a day to keep her diabetes under control i never knew what she took that medication for my camp counselor said it would be a good idea since i was always using the bathroom always thirsty said johnson recalling the last summer she could eat popsicles or drink juice just to keep cool you cant be so carefree and spontaneous when you have to take care of diabetes