Iscept L 1.25 Mg/250 Mg Tablet Health Feed

I am a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator and a doctor who will help you in your diabetes problem. You need to provide me your daily food intake details. There are many lifestyle and dietary guidelines that can be followed:
take high fiber prescribed diet.
Maintain a healthy body weight
eat a balanced diet as prescribed by a registered dietitian, I being a registered dietitian and doctor have been successfully helping patients with their diabetes problem. I will also p...more

Dear Mr. lybrate-user,
Metformin is an insulin sensitizer and is usually prescribed in women with Polycyctic ovaries. It helps in improving hormonal profile, cycle regularity and increases the chances of pregnancy. It can be safely continued even in pregnancy. Most common Side effects are Abdominal or stomach discomfort
decreased appetite, diarrhea, fever or chills, general feeling of discomfort, muscle pain or cramping
lethargy etc, Side effects can be minimized by taking the medica...more

These are latest formulations where medicines are sprayed onto a matrix; after the medicines get absorbed, the matrix comes out with stool. This is normal.

You can try other medications like glimepride, glitazones or gliptins.. But consult your doctor before switching.

Hello, Thanks for the query.
Your fasting glucose is a bit high. Ideally FBG should be < 100 mg & PP 160 to 170 mg. It is important to look at your overall lifestyle along with the drug treatment. As regards taking the talet that yiu have mentioned, it is claimed to be beneficial in diabtes, about which I have no idea. You can try it along with metformin. Thanks.

Only if there us is insulin resistance proved with acanthosis or blood investigation you need to use metformin to work or otherwise it's like using it without purpose but it might cause dizziness.

Yes there are alternatives available but before that get your hba1c tested and chart your blood sugar.

Mr. lybrate-user, Thanks for your query.
The drugs mentioned Glimepiride and Voglibose are different in their action.
Metformin is supposed to reduce or delay glucose absorption and hence slows down blood glucose rise after taking food. Plus it also reduces insulin resistance hence helps blood glucose control. There are other beneficial effects like helps slight weight reduction.
Glimepiride is a sulphonylurea compound, it stimulates insulin secretion by the beta cells of pancreas, t...more

Yes you can.

Hello,
metformin does induce weight loss, but in the process you also tend to lose muscle weight. Contact me online for the detailed diet chart.