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diabetes tablets or insuline, which is best for health
i am living with diabetes for a while, currently use insulin injections every morning and evening. it's becoming quite painful and inconvenient for me. I amm wondering if I can switch to diabetes tablets instead, as they seem much easier to take.
Has anyone here made the switch from insulin to tablets? If so, what was your experience like? Also, which diabetes tablets would be the best option in terms of effectiveness and minimal side effects?
Any expert advice would be appreciated
Thanks in advance
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Do you have type 1 or type 2 diabetes? Proper treatment recommendations would be from your doctor, but people who have type 1 diabetes must take insulin, as their body doesn’t make any. I’m type 1 and recall how much I didn’t want to take shots, but I adjusted. I now have a pump. That helps a great deal.
If you find the shots painful, I’d explore the type of needles you are using. The needles I used before I switched to a pump were so small I couldn’t feel them at all. Only, occasionally would I feel any pain from an injection. If your doctor has a diabetes educator they can assist you in finding new places to use for shots so you can rotate and avoid developing scar tissue.
If you are type 2, I hope you’ll get input from them.
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7 Reactions@mudasiransari welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. @celia16 offered some great suggestions for making insulin injections more tolerable. There is no such thing as insulin tablets. Insulin must be injected (from a vial using a syringe, from a prefilled pen cartridge, from an insulin pump). There is a less common form that can be inhaled but I don’t think it is readily available. You ask about tablets. There are other medications available to help with diabetes that come in tablets, but they aren’t insulin. Could you ask your doctor (diabetes educator) about this?
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5 ReactionsAll the above advice is good.
Afrezza Is an inhaled, fast acting, short duration insulin used to treat high glucose.
I can’t say enough good about using a pump with a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). I don’t miss those daily injections one bit.
Yes it seams easy to inhaled
I contact my doctor and wait what he says
The Insulin pump is the best way. I am 88 and have used one for years. So easy and Medicare helps you
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1 ReactionI have taken metformin for about 15 years off an on. I was pre-diabetic so they say. So many people said it is killing your kidneys and everything else, my blood sugar was good so in August 2024 I threw all the metfornin away. In last 2 months, headaches, fatigue, so I started testing
220 during night, 172 get up 146 during day. I can not get it down, so I called Rite aid to see if I had and prescriptions left, 2 days taking have gone down some, my eyesight is blurred, see stars around eyes and weak fatigued. I am 84 female, should I see a diabetes dr. Or just my primary. He doesn't seem to know to much about this. My A1C is due in May then see him. Any help appreciated.
I’m not type 2, so probably not the best equipped to offer input in your situation. There are more medications available for type 2 now. Plus, diet can impact the blood sugar levels too. A change in blood sugar can cause blurred vision, but so can high blood sugar. There are also over the counter A1c tests, if you want to know that before your doctor appointment in May.