A friend of mine has recently been diagnosed with type 2, (I’m type 1). We’re both foreigners in China, and unfortunately Chinese doctors are fairly clueless when it comes to diabetes, ( I have first-hand experience of this).
I’ve been able to give him quite a lot of advice as I felt I should learn everything I could when I was diagnosed in 2009, and I also completed the DAFNE course, which is incredibly helpful by the way. But I’m not familiar medicine for type 2 diabetics. He’s been given this medicine and been told told to take one twice a day when he eats (but he usually eats 3 meals a day) regardless of what he eats. I find this incredibly unhelpful as he could eat a lot of rice with his meal and take one tablet, or could have a carb-free meal and still expect to take one.
If anyone has used this and has experience as to how it affects his blood sugar, any advice I could pass onto him would be greatly appreciated.
Well, I tried to post a picture of the medication but it seems I can’t, anyway, he’s been given 0.5g GLUCOPHAGE metformin hydrochloride tablets, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb.
I’ve been able to give him quite a lot of advice as I felt I should learn everything I could when I was diagnosed in 2009, and I also completed the DAFNE course, which is incredibly helpful by the way. But I’m not familiar medicine for type 2 diabetics. He’s been given this medicine and been told told to take one twice a day when he eats (but he usually eats 3 meals a day) regardless of what he eats. I find this incredibly unhelpful as he could eat a lot of rice with his meal and take one tablet, or could have a carb-free meal and still expect to take one.
If anyone has used this and has experience as to how it affects his blood sugar, any advice I could pass onto him would be greatly appreciated.
Well, I tried to post a picture of the medication but it seems I can’t, anyway, he’s been given 0.5g GLUCOPHAGE metformin hydrochloride tablets, manufactured by Bristol Myers Squibb.
