Metformin works just fine. If you're having trouble with your blood glucose, it's not the Metformin.... you might want to visit my webpage and see how I manage my sugar:
http://www.geocities.com/seabulls69/Type_II_Diabetes.html
2006-12-25 06:19:05
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answered by Mr. Peachy® 7
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answered by Samantha 3
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There are many newer drugs, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'd be better for you. Which drugs are better to treat type 2 diabetes depends on many things including how much insulin your body is producing. Metformin is still a great drug for many people with type 2 diabetes. Older doesn't necessarily mean not as good.
Even though diabetes is a progressive disease, keep working with your doctor on your meds, nutrition, and exercise -- total diabetes care. Some people say that you will eventually have to start taking insulin. This is not true. My mother inlaw has had type 2 diabetes for over 60 years. She does not need insulin and probably never will.
Some newer drugs include:
Januvia is the first in a new class of drugs called DPP-4 inhibitors. Januvia lowers blood sugar levels by blocking an enzyme known as dipeptidyl peptidase IV or DPP-4.
Byetta is the first of a new class of drugs available for type 2 diabetes. It's been on the market for about a year. It is meant to be a supplemental drug, used in conjunction with Metformin or sulfonylureas or a combination of both to help improve glycemic control in people who have had trouble maintaining good blood glucose levels.
You can find great info on diabetes drugs here: http://diabetes.about.com/od/equipmentandbreakthroughs/p/byetta.htm
2006-12-25 02:04:32
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answered by TeriR 6
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Type 2 diabetes is ravishing the country because we are seeing more and more overweight people today versus 50 years ago. If your sister is overweight I suggest she diet and exercise to lose weight. She should continue to take the metformin unless her doctor gives her the "okay" to stop. Metformin is not insulin. It is given to people with type 2 diabetes to help their bodies better use the insulin their pancreas produces. It is not a cure for diabetes. Please tell your sister to take her medication exactly as it is prescribed and to check her blood sugar at least 4 times per day: when she gets up (fasting), and 1-2 hours after each meal. Record these on a sheet of paper (it would also help if she would write down everything that she eats each day) and take this information with her to the doctor the next time she has a visit. This will help the doctor help her.
2016-03-14 07:40:26
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answered by Judith 4
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Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease where sooner or later a person requires insulin.For your query,there are alternatives like pioglitazone in place of metformin and repaglinide and nateglinide in place of glibenclamide.Really metformin has no alternative and adding pioglitazone potentiates metformin action.Discuss with an ENDOCRINOLOGIST.
2006-12-25 03:09:22
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answered by chanukyagv 3
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Forget anything you have ever been told about Diabetes.
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2016-02-15 16:03:07
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answered by ? 3
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2017-02-09 02:08:04
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answered by ? 4
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please be sure to ask ur doctor..this is not someplace u should be asking for something that can kill u if it is a wrong drug....so ask ur doctor
2006-12-25 02:03:56
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answered by URworstNITEmare 3
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Answer --> http://DiabetesGoGo.com/?FuJO
2016-03-23 08:27:14
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answered by Allyson 3
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