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<blockquote data-quote="Mep" data-source="post: 1338524" data-attributes="member: 211362"><p>How long have you been living with diabetes? If it's been a while, it may be time to request the diagnostic tests to be redone. If you've not had it for long then yes, there would be other drugs the doc can trial you on. But if you've been on oral meds a while and they've stopped working it could be that you're not producing sufficient insulin anymore. That was what happened to me. I was placed on insulin therapy beginning of 2010 for that reason and told oral meds will no longer work on me. But metformin in general doesn't lower BGL's dramatically from my experience, although I note you're one 2 meds and not just the one so there could be something going on for you. The tests to ask for are the GAD test to check for anti-bodies and c-peptide test to check if you still produce sufficient insulin or not. I wish you the best. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mep, post: 1338524, member: 211362"] How long have you been living with diabetes? If it's been a while, it may be time to request the diagnostic tests to be redone. If you've not had it for long then yes, there would be other drugs the doc can trial you on. But if you've been on oral meds a while and they've stopped working it could be that you're not producing sufficient insulin anymore. That was what happened to me. I was placed on insulin therapy beginning of 2010 for that reason and told oral meds will no longer work on me. But metformin in general doesn't lower BGL's dramatically from my experience, although I note you're one 2 meds and not just the one so there could be something going on for you. The tests to ask for are the GAD test to check for anti-bodies and c-peptide test to check if you still produce sufficient insulin or not. I wish you the best. :) [/QUOTE]
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