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Suggest Medication For Type 2 Diabetes And Hypertension
Mother, age 82,Diabetic type 2 over past 20 yrs but controlled with Lantus Insulin at 120 - 135 average Fasting Sugar levels over past 10 yrs. Is also Hypertensive with average BP at 170/70 recently shooting up to 190-210 over past month. Creatinine level at 1.9 dcl/mg . Urea at 47 with normal Na Ka. Had CHF recently. Left foot swells occassionally, and has UTI over past 7 yrs Can I give her Crateugus Ox (theta) AND Aposcynum( for URINE flow ) & Berberis Vul ( for Urinary bowel infection ) ?
Wed, 5 Aug 2015
no those things won't help much. i f u want oral meds u may give metformin and Januvia. use insulin only if needed. Bp is not controlled. May give Metoprolol, Diazyde, Benazepril in consult with ur md
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