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Pills for Diabetes

With metformin and Avandia, my blood sugar is around 100 mg/dl [5.6 mmol/L]. Can I skip the medications to see what happens with my blood sugar?

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What risk does a patient have when combining pills (glyburide) and Insulin (Humulin 70/30) shots?

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Do pregnant women with type 2 go back on the medication they took pre-pregnancy after giving birth? Just a few months after starting metformin, I became pregnant and switched to insulin. Once the baby is born, should I stay on insulin as my endocrinologist has recommended? I want to go back to metformin.

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What are the possible side effects of taking metformin regarding lactic acid?

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Since moving, my new doctor has changed my oral medication dosage and wants me to take Lantus in the morning instead of the evening. Why would he have made these changes? My blood sugars are terrible.

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I was on Prandin for about a year. My doctor switched me to Starlix because he said it would be more likely to prevent the hypoglycemia I occasionally get. Why would Starlix help prevent hypoglycemia?

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Is Actos safe? I’ve heard that the earlier version caused liver damage.

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I was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, and I am being treated with metformin, and since my release from the hospital, I still feel really tired. My sugars won’t come down below 9.9 mmol/L [178 mg/dl] even though I’m eating regular and healthy meals and exercising. How long will it take before my sugars start stabilizing?

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My doctor has recommended 50 mg of acarbose occasionally. He wants me to use it only when diet control is not possible in the dining hall and sweet intake is compulsory. Can taking 50 mg of acarbose occasionally be harmful?

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For a few months, my friend, who is 43, has had pre-diabetes. If he does not take sugar, rice, or potato, and takes a diet with full care and exercise, he has an absolute normal glucose reading. But this is not always possible. Hence the doctor had advised him to take Acarbose occasionally. Is this proper?

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