Just had a call and they have restarted his Glicazide and they want me to do some Blood Glucose checks once he has been taking them for 5 days (48 HR profile) as well as checking his Blood Glucose every morning. I am sure he should not have been taken off the medication at 87 and how I wish...
Though I am pre diabetic, the question is about my Dad who is 87. He was taken off his diabetic medication - Glicazide - in mid March. As they said his blood glucose was normal now. Been on Glicazide for years. He had a bad cold in April and they put him on Amoxycillin. He has early onset...