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What Is The Usual Dosage For Taking Metformin To Control Bloood Sugar?
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I take metformin to control my blood sugar .take one in the morning ,one at lunch and one at suppertime
The 2 hr sugar is always normal, but my ACi is little high. so the doctor told me to take 2 metformnins at supper time. but still AC is above normal. I tried taking the 4th one wirh a snack at 10 pm. Most of the time Ac is very normal. But somedays it does not work. Any suggestions. I am eating proPER FOOD.
What is the best way to take the 4 th metformin ?
I take metformin to control my blood sugar .take one in the morning ,one at lunch and one at suppertime
The 2 hr sugar is always normal, but my ACi is little high. so the doctor told me to take 2 metformnins at supper time. but still AC is above normal. I tried taking the 4th one wirh a snack at 10 pm. Most of the time Ac is very normal. But somedays it does not work. Any suggestions. I am eating proPER FOOD.
What is the best way to take the 4 th metformin ?
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
Hi, welcome to our site. I am Dr Saumya Mittal, MD.
Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
I dont think I would have suggested the medicine to be increased simply in the basis of HbA1C.
What you need is sugar monitoring using a glucometer and monitoring where the sugars are going high. The medicine will need to be increased and scheduled accordingly.
Even if you fasting sugar is normal, the sugars may rise during the day, before your second dose. So it would be needed to compensate for that dose.
An HbA1C should not be too tightly controlled. It increases the cardiovascular risk. A levels of 6.5 to 7 is ok
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
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Read your query. That is a very significant question and i appreciate your problem. I will try my best to answer your query
I dont think I would have suggested the medicine to be increased simply in the basis of HbA1C.
What you need is sugar monitoring using a glucometer and monitoring where the sugars are going high. The medicine will need to be increased and scheduled accordingly.
Even if you fasting sugar is normal, the sugars may rise during the day, before your second dose. So it would be needed to compensate for that dose.
An HbA1C should not be too tightly controlled. It increases the cardiovascular risk. A levels of 6.5 to 7 is ok
I hope this helps you. Inform the reports mentioned above/if any other so I can be of help further.
I have given you the answer to the maximum considering the information provided. The results of the tests could further enhance my answer to you.
Please do understand that some details could be extracted from a detailed history and examination.
Please feel free to ask another query. I would be glad to help you. Looking forward to your return query with the details asked so that I can help you further.
(If the answer has helped you, please indicate this)
Best of luck.
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