Oral Hypoglycemics

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Oral Hypoglycemics

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A recent study by Kaiser Permanente and Yale Medical Center found that severe hypoglycemia is quite common in people with Type 2 diabetes who take insulin-stimulating medications. This was true regardless of level of control, meaning those with elevated blood sugar and A1c levels experienced low blood sugar as well as those who were within or below their A1c goal. Severe hypoglycemia is defined as a blood glucose level less than 50 mg/dL and is associated with increased risk for heart attack, stroke, loss of consciousness, and death, particularly when it occurs during sleep. Its symptoms can be frightening and include sweating, shaking, dizziness, unsteadiness, and heart palpitations.

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 Very-Low-Carbohydrate Diet vs. Oral Diabetes Medication

"It's important to note that it's not the HbA1c that directly causes hypoglycemia; it's the therapies we use to lower it." Exactly.

Antranik.org

We’re going to go over these four classes: ◦Sulfonylureas ◦Biguanides ◦Thiazolidinediones ◦Miscellaneous

Diabetes.co.uk

This section includes information about oral hypoglycaemic drugs and dosage, side effects, conflicts with other drugs and more.

FPNotebook

Oral Medications for Type 2 Diabetes.

Joslin Diabetes Center

It is important to know the name of your diabetes medicine (or medicines), how it is taken, the reasons for taking it and possible side-effects.

Patient

Oral hypoglycaemic agents are the group of drugs that may be taken singly or in combination to lower the blood glucose in type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes can be due to increased peripheral resistance to insulin or to reduced secretion of insulin. They should be used together with changes in diet and lifestyle to achieve good glycaemic control, and it is customary to monitor such changes for three months before considering medication. Oral hypoglycaemic agents are not usually used in type 1 diabetes,1 but metformin may be of use in overweight type 1 diabetics

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