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Pills for Diabetes

I’ve been successfully treating my diabetes with metformin for a year, but the doctor won’t renew it because of my creaninine level. What is your opinion?

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I have had some elevated blood sugars for 11 months, but my A1c is not that high. Are there any newer drugs that can work with metformin and are not harmful?

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I have a young special education student on Lantus and metformin. She has had several incidents of explosive diarrhea possibly caused by the metformin. What other medication would be appropriate for her? Can you provide more information on type 2 in children, especially Native Americans?

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I have type 2 diabetes, and I was taking Amaryl and Glucophage resulting in blood sugar averages of 130-150 mg/dl [7.2-8.3 mmol/L]. However, I recently switched to Glucovance and have not had as good control (160-200 mg/dl [8.9-11.1 mmol/L]). Does it take a while for the new medication to start working?

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My 20 year old college student son recently suffered a severe low blood sugar, and his primary care doctor prescribed Glucophage pills. I am concerned because what I know about this drug indicates it is prescribed for type 2 patients. Do you know of any people with type 1 diabetes using oral medications?

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My husband was taking Starlix at the time we conceived our first child, and I have read that women should not take this during pregnancy and didn’t know if it applied to the male also. Are there any concerns about the male taking a drug like this at the time of conception?

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My 73 year old father is taking metformin, aspirin, vitamin B6, glyburide, and simvastatin. He has trouble controlling his bowel movements, and it is very embarrassing to him so much so that he won’t go to many places any more. Is this medication doing this to him? Can you tell me in which direction I should turn? What type of doctor should he see?

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What is the benefit of taking Glyburide 5mg and Metformin HCL 500mg at the same time?

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Along with the Glucophage XR and Actos my husband is already taking, yesterday his doctor added Glucotrol. Is this okay to be taking all of this diabetes medicine together?

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I am on Glucovance and Actos, and I have a lot of diarrhea with the Glucovance. Twice lately, I’ve seen a whole Glucovance pill undigested with the diarrhea. What is this? Should I be concerned?

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