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Dear lybrate-user
1) your present medication will not help.
2) your sugars are high and may need insulin
3) early insulin therapy prevents further complications.
4) do her hba1c and consult me on private.

Yes metformin can be taken in PCO even if blood sugars are normal; but it is best taken after consulting a Gynaecologist.

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Take metformin, easily available and known in the market.

Please instead of taking so many oral hypoglycemic agents ie tablets, please increase the dose of insulin, which is very less harmful to our kidneys and liver
do regular pranayam and yoga have a habit of walking daily take salads, vegetables juices, vegetables soups more.

Lybrate-user, Thanks for the query.
With metformin there may be some side effects like the ones described. However, if taken after food, the drug is better tolerated. Since there is no mention of glucose levels & HbA1c%, there is no idea how good the glucose control is.
Switching over to alternat therapies is your choice. There are no drugs that can reduce blood glucose or make pancreas secrete insulin in those therapies, even though a lot of false claims are made. Thanks.

Diabetes is a progressive disease. The oral drugs work as long as the body is producing it’s own adequate insulin. The drugs which he is currently taking stimulates insulin making cells to produce more insulin thus controlling sugars, but with time the insulin making cells don’t make enough insulin to control the metabolic needs thus the sugar levels goes up. So at this point one would ideally need insulin.
You have not mentioned his current hba1c and kft. If he is reluctant for insulin....more

Dear Mr. lybrate-user, I note that your blood sugar after breakfast is quite high. You have not mentioned your height or weight. If you are overweight (weight in kg more than height in cm minus 100) then you will have tobe very strict with diet, avoid carbohydrates as much as possibel and take more proteins and vegetables. If you also walk for 1 hour per day you can reuce about 1 mg weight per month. If youbring your weight down ot ideal body weight then your sugars may remain under control with...more

Mr. lybrate-user, thanks for the query.
I have seen the query. However, there is no mention of how the glucose levels are controlled. It is essential to know fasting & pp levels as well as hba1c% before any comment can be made or any suggestion is given. As regards dapagliflozin and vildagliptin+ metformin combination usage, both these (dapagliflozin & vildagliptin) are totally different drugs. One can not be substituted for the other. Mode actions are totally different. Thanks.

Yes it is used. But it is not a permanent solution.
Better take homeopathic treatment. It can cure PCOD.