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Should I stop diabetes medicine?
I was admitted to hospital for 15 days due to COVID positive . In hospital I was also diagnosed as diabetic and were given insulin.
After discharge I was prescribed metformin 500mg+ vildagliptin 50 mg two times for 15 days. I continued the same after 15 days but one day my fasting sugar was 54. So I stopped vildagliptin and started only metformin 500 mg two times a day with regular exercise and also eating very less carbohydrate . Now fasting blood sugar is 74 , evening before dinner 95
Should I completely stop medicine or take one time or two times a day? Please suggest
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Dr. Giridhar Kuknoor
Diabetologist
35 yrs exp
Bangalore
Get OGTT in lab to confirm your Diabetes.
Consult me on Practo after getting OGTT results.
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Dr. Varunchandra Alur
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13 yrs exp
Davanagere
U can reduce to one tablet per and see if still sugars low then stop the Medicine and stop. But continue to monitor ur sugars
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