Suggest Medication For Type II Diabetes

Posted on Fri, 20 Mar 2015

Question: Hi my fasting blood sugar is 180 and post prandial is 224. Diagnosed with type II diabetes 1 year ago. Managed well with exercise and diet control till 3 months ago. Now not able to manage. Which medicine shall I take.

Answered by Dr. Divakara (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Metformin is the drug of choice.

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Thanks for posting your query.

The first choice of medicine is always Metformin. But before starting it you need to get a test called serum creatinine , as creatinine has to be normal before starting Metformin.

So kindly get the test done and revert back.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar