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Pre-diabetic medicine use or not ?
1 year back my sugar levels was 121/200 .. doctor advised me to go for strict diet plan . Now my sugar levels are 95-100/140-160 . And h1bac is 5.8 .. doctor said it is predaibetic there is no need to use medicine for this .. if you continues like this and with physical exercises.. now I want to take second opinion whether I need to take medicine or not and concerned about possible side effects if I don't get
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Doctor said he will prescribe medication only if it reaches 121/200 as per guidelines
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Dr. Abhinav Kumar Gupta
Endocrinologist
19 yrs exp
Jaipur
right now u Continue with this only. check ur sugar levels at regular intervals. if i have family history and ur HbA1c is above 6 u can start metformin
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Dr. Rakesh Parikh
General Physician
23 yrs exp
Jaipur
Diet and exercise is the first and best treatment for diabetes. Good that it's working well for you as of now. With age the sugars may go up. You must start treatment if HbA1C goes above 6.5%
If you want you can start Tab Metformin which is a safe and useful drug for prevention of progression of diabetes
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