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Glimepride 1 MG Tablet Health Feed

Asked for Male, 66 years old from Bangalore
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CCEBDM, PG Diploma In Clinical Cardiolog...read more

General Physician•Ghaziabad
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1.no alcohol
3. No smoking/ tobacco/drugs/ avoid pollution
4. Diet - no ghee/ butter, have mix of vegetable oils - mustard, til, ground nut, olive oil, have more green vegetables and fruits, have whole grain atta, no fried. Fast. Spicy / processed/ junk food. Less sugar, potato, rice
5. 30 mts brisk walk daily 6. Deep breathing exercise for 10 mts daily
7. Meditation daily for 10 mts. 6-8 hrs of sleep at night
8. Expose your body to sun for 15-20 mts daily after some oil mass...more
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MS.(Obs. & Gyn.) Enrl., B.A.M.S

Obstetrician•Ghaziabad
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Its not very safe for lactating mother, better to take ayurvedic drug like hyponid from charak pharma.
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Asked for female, 34 years old from Hyderabad
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Endocrinologist•Thrissur
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Your husband is actually taking three medications in the form of two medicines. Tendia is a gliptin and it helps to lower your blood sugar by increasing incretin levels. Glycomet gp contains metformin and glimepride. Glimepride helps to lower your insulin by helping pancreas to produce more insulin. Metformin decreases glucose absorption and increases glucose utilisation. Metformin helps to decrease your fasting sugar while glimepride helps in decreasing your sugar after you have food. Depending...more
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Endocrinologist•Dharwad
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Hello, Thanks for the query.
I have seen the details given. I do not see any very low glucose levels at all. Hypoglycemic (low glucose) level is when blood glucose goes < 70 mg. Then that may cause certain symptoms, like mild shivering, uneasiness, blurred vision, clouded thinking, giddiness sweating etc. The levels shown are in fact fairly high particularly after food ones.
Another aspect metformin hardly causes low glucose. If at all any drug contributes to that then it is Glimiperide....more
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AUTLS, CCEDM, MD - Internal Medicine, MB...read more

General Physician•Faridabad
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ur diabetes is well controlled ...inj glargine can be increased by 4-6 units alongwith stopping glimipride altogether..it'll help in the long run(to stop glimipride now)
Asked for male, 57 years old from Kolkata
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Diabetologist•Bhubaneswar
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Why do you think glycomet is causing this problem. It may be due to other causes also. Need to check your lungs and heart.
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Endocrinologist•Vellore
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Dear lybrate-user,
for your height the correct weight would be about 57-60 kg. You stay on your current medications and change the diet as follows, monitor sugars and get back to us. I do find that the pp values are quite high and if they do not get better with the suggested modification you will need to seek a consultation
reduce the quantity of carbohydrate (rice, wheat, rava, maida) in each meal and increase the quantity of protein (dhal, egg white, fish or chicken)
.monitor blood...more
Asked for female, 54 years old from Mumbai
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Diploma In Gastroenterology, Diploma In ...read more

Homeopath•Hyderabad
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Lower Blood Sugar Levels Naturally
Exercise Regularly. Regular exercise can help you lose weight and increase insulin sensitivity. ...
Control Your Carb Intake. ...
Increase Your Fiber Intake. ...
Drink Water and Stay Hydrated. .
Asked for male, 21 years old from Varanasi
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MBBS, Diploma In Diabetology

Diabetologist•Mumbai
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Both of them have the similar chemical compound .after starting the substitution medication you can recheck the blood sugar after 1 week .If stable you can continue with substitution medication.
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