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How To Control Diabetes?

my mother is having blood sugar since last 25 years now her age is 60 years. she is taking the following medicines Glimaday 2 twice, USV AC 50 thrice and Pioz MF G2 once but now these medicines are not woking properly. today i checked the bloodsugar the FBS is 180 and PP is 240. what to do please tell me.
Mon, 22 Sep 2014
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Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD.

Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query

See, the fact remains that no good diabetician is going to change the medicines based on one report of raised sugars. If there is a series of sugars that are high, a revision of therapy may be considered.

Also, a test called HbA1c is a good guide to the change of therapy since it gives a general idea of the last 3 months sugars dating back from the date of the test.

Glimaday is a combination of glimipride and metformin
Pioz MF is a combination of pioglitazone and meformin
AC is acarbose.
So overall thats a very very high dose of anti diabetes medicines.
I hope she is not on steroids???
And I hope her diet is well controlled and she has been doing moderate physical exercise as tolerated like small walk

I could suggest trying medicines like sitagliptin. A dose of 50 mg is the usual starting dose and then it can be stepped up from once a day to twice a day. Some doctors give it more than that, but I avoid that.

And of course, the final option is the use of insulin

I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further.

I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.

Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.

Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
(If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)
Best of luck.
Dr Mittal.
MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), CC (Diabetes Mellitus), DNB (Neurology)
Consultant Physician and Diabetologist
JS Hospital
Ex Apollo Hospital, Delhi
Ex Kailash Hospital, Noida
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Endocrinologist Dr. Minal Mohit's  Response
Dear user , Hi! welcome to HCM. as your mother is already having maximum drugs with maximum doses, please start her on insulin. consult your doctor for the type of insulin and dose and regimen. Also take care of her diet and exercise. regards!
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How To Control Diabetes?

Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD. Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query See, the fact remains that no good diabetician is going to change the medicines based on one report of raised sugars. If there is a series of sugars that are high, a revision of therapy may be considered. Also, a test called HbA1c is a good guide to the change of therapy since it gives a general idea of the last 3 months sugars dating back from the date of the test. Glimaday is a combination of glimipride and metformin Pioz MF is a combination of pioglitazone and meformin AC is acarbose. So overall thats a very very high dose of anti diabetes medicines. I hope she is not on steroids??? And I hope her diet is well controlled and she has been doing moderate physical exercise as tolerated like small walk I could suggest trying medicines like sitagliptin. A dose of 50 mg is the usual starting dose and then it can be stepped up from once a day to twice a day. Some doctors give it more than that, but I avoid that. And of course, the final option is the use of insulin I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further. I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you. Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination. Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further. (If the answer has helped you, please indicate this) Best of luck. Dr Mittal. MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), CC (Diabetes Mellitus), DNB (Neurology) Consultant Physician and Diabetologist JS Hospital Ex Apollo Hospital, Delhi Ex Kailash Hospital, Noida