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Suggest An Alternate Medicine For Metformin

Hi! I just got the result of my glucose blood test it is 241. I know that this is more than double the normal which is 120. But I do not want to take metformin because of my experience of having numbness of my left hand. Am I a full blown diabetic? My creative is normal and ultrasound of my kidneys are normal but my urinalysis result has +4 albumin. Can you recommend other medication from metformin. My blood glucose has been elevated since 5 years ago but it is only now that it got 241. Please help me.
Tue, 6 Sep 2016
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you should maintain your weight, control diet, exercise daily, and go for Lab HbA1c, from HbA1c (glycosylated hemoglobin) last 4 months blood sugar is recorded.
instead of metformin you may tak Sitagliptin100 mg once daily.
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Suggest An Alternate Medicine For Metformin

you should maintain your weight, control diet, exercise daily, and go for Lab HbA1c, from HbA1c (glycosylated hemoglobin) last 4 months blood sugar is recorded. instead of metformin you may tak Sitagliptin100 mg once daily.