Why is my blood sugar getting worse even with more medication?

Question

I have type 2 diabetes for a little over 4 years. I take metformin 3 times a day, avandia, one a day and was taking 5 mg of glucotrol a day. My blood glucose was doing well until November of 06. My doctor raised the glucotrol to 10 mg a day. It didn't seem to make much of a difference. On February 5, I started taking 10 mg of glucotrol twice a day. Still no improvement even with my morning fasting numbers. What's the problem here?

Answer 1

This happened to me too, over time. I was on the highest possible doses of 3 meds, all at the same time and I was still 250-300. The doctors decided that I was simply becoming resistant to the meds and I was in need of insulin. I now take 2 shots a day, my levels are finally normal, and I feel like a new person.

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Answer 3

Our bodies need foods from all of the food groups including the bread group. With that said you should eat wheat bread, wheat tortillas: nothing white with the exception of potatoes. Potatoes have a bad wrap, but it's what you put on the potatoes that sends the calories spiraling out of control. Eat a variety of brightly colored fruits, vegies, lean meats, high fiber carbs (wheat pasta, wheat bread, potatoes, wheat tortillas and tortilla chips, oatmeal) and exercise at least 30-60 minutes 5 days a week. check your blood sugar often to find out how foods affect your blood sugar. Illnesses like colds and flus can also affect blood sugar as does stress and depression. Most diabetics cannot live without some sort of medication. if you were able to, your doctor would have noticed this in your early days of being diagnosed. however, there are some natural, chemical free sweeteners that will help control it. I use Stevia, found in health food stores, that is derived from sweet leaf. It is a sweetener that has natural fiber in the powder form. It also comes in an extract as well. Royal jelly is a honey product, has calories, but has a lot of nutrients for the value. good luck

Answer 4

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Why is my blood sugar getting worse even with more medication?
I have type 2 diabetes for a little over 4 years. I take metformin 3 times a day, avandia, one a day and was taking 5 mg of glucotrol a day. My blood glucose was doing well until November of 06. My doctor raised the glucotrol to 10 mg a day. It didn't seem to make much of a difference. On...

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Answer 6

Some medication helps you to burn your sugar in your blood.

The most important you need to watch out is your diet. There is no way you in take sugar and medication.

Medication can only assist you... but your diet or any food that supply sugar to your body should not be taken into your body.


What are the food you are eating? Can you commit yourself not eat any food derivaded from sugar?

For example, no pasta, no white rice, no potato, bread, no beans, definetely no muffin, donuts, soda etc.. There are some fruit you shouldn't eat you need to consult the sugar type of the fruit and check with a nutrionist

You can eat for example, vegetables, meat, brown rice,


Avoid fake sugar... they are bad for health.
there reality is you need to change your eating habit and life style for better and heathier for your condition.


As I was reading other answers, be careful with insulin. Insulin is harmful to pancreas to many people. There weren't researches 5 years ago about it. There are a lot cases patient failed after 2 yrs taking insulin. My grandmother (56), my uncle (33), our family friend (60) and many other people died taking insulin. It is a slow process of killing your pancreas and body.

The survivors are those that regulate their nutrition. It is not easy, but worthy of doing the nutrition changes.

Answer 7

Sounds to me like you're not eating properly. Medication is only part of the solution. Diet is extremely important, too, as is exercise.

Another possibility is that you need to start insulin therapy. There often comes a point where oral meds aren't doing it any more and insulin regimens need to be started.

You need to consult with your endocrinologist and your nutritionist and determine what is the cause of your high blood sugar numbers, then treat it.

Answer 8

the oral drugs help in push insulin from the pancreas gland but they can only do that to some extent. when the pancreas has not adequate insulin to deliver ( as happens in Diabetic people ) , we have to supplement insulin externally like injection. If blood sugar is not controlled by maximum dosage of oral drugs, there is no choice but to go for insulin injections.

Answer 9

Isn't it frustrating when you are doing what you should be doing, yet the BS levels continue to rise? I genuinely feel for you.

Are you on a proper diet/exercise routine?
Any new stressors in your life?
Do you have any infections?

Do you see an endo? If not, perhaps it is time to start.

Good luck!