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What Can I Do To Reduce The High Blood Sugar Level?

Hi I am a diabetic on medication metformin and galipizide. I have been having a HI readng all day with extreme diaherria I have taken my med. but not eaten much. Do not know why it is high should it not be low f anything? What can I do to feel better?
Wed, 22 Jul 2015
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Hello there. Thanks for writing to HCM. Its probably HI due to a infection associated diarrhoea. Another possible reason is that your medications are not enough to control your diabetes. Can I ask you since when do you have diabetes and what is your last Hba1c like. That should give us an idea. Please take plenty of fluids now. Lemon juice (salted) will be good. Take your medications. Increase the dose of glipizide to a max of 20 mg per day. If its not settling in a day please see your physician. Another question is have you been on metformin since a long time or was it just started? Regards.
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What Can I Do To Reduce The High Blood Sugar Level?

Hello there. Thanks for writing to HCM. Its probably HI due to a infection associated diarrhoea. Another possible reason is that your medications are not enough to control your diabetes. Can I ask you since when do you have diabetes and what is your last Hba1c like. That should give us an idea. Please take plenty of fluids now. Lemon juice (salted) will be good. Take your medications. Increase the dose of glipizide to a max of 20 mg per day. If its not settling in a day please see your physician. Another question is have you been on metformin since a long time or was it just started? Regards.