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Suggest Methods To Control Body Weight With History Of Diabetes

Dr. greeting of the day, this is vijaya, a female of 47 years, diabetic since when i was 30, started taking insulin frm the last 2 years and recently started with gluconorm pg2 as per doctors advise along with humiinsulin mixtrad , morning 15 units and evng 5 units and my sugar is in control and hba1c is around 6.7, but offlate have puton huge weight , like nearly 16 kgs frm the time i have started taking insulin and more so with gluconorm pg2 i noticed,. Feeling miserable and i weigh nearly 93 kgs irrespective of diet and i walk nearly 6 kms a day, pls help and oblige. many thx
Tue, 22 Jul 2014
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Dear vijaya,
I am Dr.Riyaz. Your weight gain is because of pioglitazone in your gluconorm pg2. It is a known side effect of pioglitazone and when combined with insulin your weight gain is more. Generally i prefer to caution my patients about weight gain before i put them on this tablet. You can check current blood sugars and discuss about withdrawal of pioglitazone. Best will be to compensate with insulin so that weight gain will not be very drastic. please continue walking and diet. Get back for any further queries.
All the best
Dr.Riyaz Sheriff
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Suggest Methods To Control Body Weight With History Of Diabetes

Dear vijaya, I am Dr.Riyaz. Your weight gain is because of pioglitazone in your gluconorm pg2. It is a known side effect of pioglitazone and when combined with insulin your weight gain is more. Generally i prefer to caution my patients about weight gain before i put them on this tablet. You can check current blood sugars and discuss about withdrawal of pioglitazone. Best will be to compensate with insulin so that weight gain will not be very drastic. please continue walking and diet. Get back for any further queries. All the best Dr.Riyaz Sheriff