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Asked for male, 55 years old from Muzaffarpur
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Since it is high blood sugar, you need to go back to the doctor for a review. Let the doctor assess your case and suggest the necessary changes. You should also take charge of your health by taking positive action. Start exercising everyday ( keep changing the type of exercise regime so that it becomes more interesting ). Include Yoga and pranayam which can help in the natural healing. Read about healthy lifestyle changes and adapt the good habits with sincerity. With the determination and per...more
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Endocrinologist•Hubli-Dharwad
Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
It appears you are on a fairly high dose of Glimepiride. Metformin (2000 mg) is also fairly high. Usually Glimepiride should not be used more than 4 mg in a day. Even though recommended upper limit is 8 mg, conventionally using more than 4 mg is not advised. Since there is no mention of actual glucose levels (fasting, PP and HbA1c%), there is no way to know how good is the control. Ideally in a well controlled diabetes fasting should be < 100 mg, PP 15...more
It appears you are on a fairly high dose of Glimepiride. Metformin (2000 mg) is also fairly high. Usually Glimepiride should not be used more than 4 mg in a day. Even though recommended upper limit is 8 mg, conventionally using more than 4 mg is not advised. Since there is no mention of actual glucose levels (fasting, PP and HbA1c%), there is no way to know how good is the control. Ideally in a well controlled diabetes fasting should be < 100 mg, PP 15...more
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Do regular exercise and diet increase the dose of glysiphage to 1000 mg as your levels are very high and needs to be controlled.
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