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How Dangerous Is Blood Sugar Level Of 330?

How dangerous is a blood sugar level of 330?
My husband has been without metformin for about a week, but has been taking a shot and a new pill - neither are insulin, the pill helps block sugar from entering your system and the shot helps the metformin.
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Hello,

a blood sugar level of 330mg/dL causes loss of water and glucose from the kidney. This leads to dehydration. Sometimes (usually in type 1 diabetes, very rarely on type 2) it may end up in ketoacidosis. Chronic problems related to high blood glucose include diabetes complications like kidney damage (chronic kidney disease), cardiovascular complications (acute myocardial infarction, stroke, etc), neurological problems (diabetic neuropathy etc), eye problems etc

I guess the injection must be a GLP-1-agonist(exenatide or similar drugs) and the pill must be acarbose. Both are good drugs against type 2 diabetes but it seems they are not sufficient for your husband and it's a strange combination too.
Why did he stop metformin?
Another important piece of information would be his glucosylated hemoglobin level. Treatment plans depend a lot on this test.

I hope I've helped!
If you'd like further information, please let me know and I'll be glad to answer.

Kind Regards!
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How Dangerous Is Blood Sugar Level Of 330?

Hello, a blood sugar level of 330mg/dL causes loss of water and glucose from the kidney. This leads to dehydration. Sometimes (usually in type 1 diabetes, very rarely on type 2) it may end up in ketoacidosis. Chronic problems related to high blood glucose include diabetes complications like kidney damage (chronic kidney disease), cardiovascular complications (acute myocardial infarction, stroke, etc), neurological problems (diabetic neuropathy etc), eye problems etc I guess the injection must be a GLP-1-agonist(exenatide or similar drugs) and the pill must be acarbose. Both are good drugs against type 2 diabetes but it seems they are not sufficient for your husband and it s a strange combination too. Why did he stop metformin? Another important piece of information would be his glucosylated hemoglobin level. Treatment plans depend a lot on this test. I hope I ve helped! If you d like further information, please let me know and I ll be glad to answer. Kind Regards!