My blood sugar has been rising for the past year and now my doctor says its time to start taking medication to help. What do they do?
You may recall from the reading above how your pancreas was damaged by overwork in the years leading up to your diagnosis of diabetes. For many years it controlled your blood sugars by producing extra insulin, compensating for the fact that your cells werent responding to this chemical key. At some point, if a healthy diet, exercise and weight loss are no longer sufficient to keep blood sugars stable, most people will need the additional help that diabetic medications offer. These medications are designed to work in several different ways. Some stimulate your weakened pancreas to produce a little extra insulin for mealtimes, another works by preventing your liver from inappropriately dumping unneeded sugar into the blood, while others sensitize the cells to respond better to the insulin you are producing. If insulin production gets very low, and oral medications are no longer effective, some people will need supplemental injections of insulin itself.
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