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Should I Take Medicine For High Sugar Level?

I am a 53 year old bank employee Only 10 days back I came to know that I am having sugar and the sugar levels are high around 128 on fasting 265 after 1hr glucose and 251 after 2 hrs Please let me know whether I should compulsorily take medicines now or should I exercise health precautions, viz., diet restrictions,walking,timely food intake
Thu, 7 Aug 2014
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It is advisable to start tablets like metformin combined with Diet and exercise. In a newly diagnosed patient like you we do not want any diabetes related complications so we start off tablets to control the currently high sugars and as your diet and exercise starts to pay off we tend to reduce the dose of medications and allow the patient to be on diet and exercise alone. This method has given me good results and many of my patients are managing well with diet and exercise itself.
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Should I Take Medicine For High Sugar Level?

It is advisable to start tablets like metformin combined with Diet and exercise. In a newly diagnosed patient like you we do not want any diabetes related complications so we start off tablets to control the currently high sugars and as your diet and exercise starts to pay off we tend to reduce the dose of medications and allow the patient to be on diet and exercise alone. This method has given me good results and many of my patients are managing well with diet and exercise itself. Hope i have answered your query