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If or how should the new diabetic drug be incorporated for Diabetes II

Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Mar 7 11:00pm | Replies (12)
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I was diagnosed 28 years ago. You might ask your doc about just increasing the metformin and glipizide.
After using only diet and exercise the first 23 years, I was taking twice those amounts (up to max dosage) in addition to daily exercise a few years ago before starting on insulin 3 years ago.

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sad43 | @sad43 | Feb 2 6:22pm

@grrranny

Thanks for the info. I noticed that the newer drugs also protect the kidney and heart, in fact AARP pointed out that some have even reversed kidney damage while also treating diabetes.
My doctor dropped my metformin dose from 2000 mg because the recommendations are for lower doses in the senior population.

Thanks again,
SD

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