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Can Tradjenta Be Taken For The Treatment Of Diabetes?

I have type 2 diabetes and have been taking meteor in for about 5-6 years. I have been hearing some disturbing information about the drug and so I recently started to test my blood level using a meter and I’m finding that my reading are all over the place; one morning it’s 114 and some mornings it’s 155. Should I try an other drug prescribed by my dr., such as trujenta?
Tue, 8 May 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

The sugar level you mentioned is not that bad to try another drug at the moment. You better check your A1C levels that would give us a very good idea whether we should add another drug or not. In reading like 115 and 129, I would advise you can just focus a bit more on exercises and diet. You can also increase the dose of the drug you already taking if not maximum. So, if there is no other reason for other drugs , the sugar level don't seem to be high enough to take another drug.However, we can't say on only two reading whether the control is good or not.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

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Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman
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Can Tradjenta Be Taken For The Treatment Of Diabetes?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. The sugar level you mentioned is not that bad to try another drug at the moment. You better check your A1C levels that would give us a very good idea whether we should add another drug or not. In reading like 115 and 129, I would advise you can just focus a bit more on exercises and diet. You can also increase the dose of the drug you already taking if not maximum. So, if there is no other reason for other drugs , the sugar level don t seem to be high enough to take another drug.However, we can t say on only two reading whether the control is good or not. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Mahboob Ur Rahman