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Should Pioglitazone Hydrochloride And Glimepiride Be Continued When Diabetes Is Under Control?

Hi. My husband is a type 2 diabetic. He is on pioglitazone hcl 15 mg tablet - one daily; lisinopril 2.5 mg tablet - one daily; glimepiride 4 mg tablet - twice daily. Lately he s been on Synjardy as well, but it will only be for 2 months because of its expense. He was admitted to the hospital with stroke symptoms on May 19th He was discharged on May 30th after having a pacemaker installed and a carotid artery blockage removed. The carotid artery (right side) occluded within 24 hours. He is recovering and doing well. His blood sugar this evening was 120. Should he be on all these medications for diabetes?
Fri, 21 Sep 2018
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Your husband has now controlled blood suger on multiple drug's he will need to continue these meds as he has multiple risk factors like Atherosclerosis which had blocked his carotid and strict blood suger control is important part of management.
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Should Pioglitazone Hydrochloride And Glimepiride Be Continued When Diabetes Is Under Control?

Your husband has now controlled blood suger on multiple drug s he will need to continue these meds as he has multiple risk factors like Atherosclerosis which had blocked his carotid and strict blood suger control is important part of management.