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What Could Cause Persistent Elevated Blood Sugar Levels Despite Taking Metformin?
My blood sugar levels have been in the high 200s. My Dr has instructed me to take a metaformin pill before breakfast and dinner which I do but my level 2 hours later is still in the midst 200s. I don t drink soda, water all day and night. I eat oatmeal for breakfast , tuna sandwich on whole grain for lunch and salad with lots of veggies and chicken or grilled chicken sandwich for dinner. 2 snack of either nuts or cheese. What am I doing wrong. Don t have an appt with my Dr for another week.
Thu, 22 Nov 2018
Hello,
Please try reducing your chicken quantity. Start morning or evening walk at moderate pace atleast for 30 minutes then see the level of sugar.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Varinder Joshi
Please try reducing your chicken quantity. Start morning or evening walk at moderate pace atleast for 30 minutes then see the level of sugar.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Varinder Joshi
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hi, first of all since how many days you have been consuming metformin and what's the dose.If you have consumed it more than a month, most of the time Metformin alone will not control post prandial sugar levels you may need an additional 0.5mg of glimipride to start with along with metformin.
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