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Hi My mother has diabetes but now it is not coming under 170 -180 fasting with all the heavy medicine intake. Now doctor consult us basalog insulin injection. Please suggest insulin injections are safe or not or we should go for another option. Thank you.
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When type 2 diabetes is not controlled with available medicines Insulin is the ultimate option. There is no harm in taking second openion. Also stick to the diabetc diet, regular exercise, yoga and meditation.
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Insulin are very much safe. To reduce the fasting plasma glucose value the basal insulin you have mentioned is very much needed. Pl follow your doctors prescription. Wish you good health.
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