I am in no way saying that you should
stop diabetes medication.
«Karin, words can not thank you enough, for the first time in my life, I am in the normal weight range, I have
stopped my diabetes medication, my anti depressants and I am intimate again with my partner, you have literally changed my life.»
Reducing or
stopping diabetes medication should only be done under the supervision and advice of your physician.
Another study in patients with type 2 diabetes found that 7 of the 21 participants were able to
stop all diabetes medications (28).
The participants in the Newcastle trial, who ranged from overweight to extremely obese, were told to
stop their diabetes medications and start a 600 - to 700 - calorie - a-day diet, consisting of three diet milkshakes a day at mealtimes and half a pound of nonstarchy vegetables a day.
«Karin, words can not thank you enough, for the first time in my life, I am in the normal weight range, I have
stopped my diabetes medication, my anti depressants and I am intimate again with my partner, you have literally changed my life.»
Not exact matches
Especially with health conditions like
diabetes, pregnant moms really shouldn't
stop taking their prescribed
medications.
Individuals having type 2
diabetes stopped their
medication immediately after the surgery.
If you have
diabetes and are taking a
medication like insulin, reducing or
stopping your carbohydrate intake for just one day will dramatically change your
medication needs for that day.
The LCDA also acknowledges there are times when Type 2 diabetic patients do not need
medications to get glucose levels under control and may be able to reduce or
stop medications when actively following a comprehensive integrative protocol for
diabetes.
One study reported that 17 of 21 subjects with type 2
diabetes were able to
stop or reduce
diabetes medication when carbs were limited to 20 grams a day (7).
The
medication I'm going to prescribe you will help delay the consequences of having
diabetes for about 10 years, but after that, you will develop some or all of these symptoms: loss of your eye sight, loss of the use or actual loss of your legs and / or feet, loss of sensation in your hands, high blood pressure which could result in stroke or heart attack, pain in different areas of your body...» I kind of
stopped hearing from that point.
Medications for health conditions such as
diabetes or low thyroid function should not be
stopped.
Doctors are less inclined to direct a patient to
stop taking statin
medication because of the former two symptoms (since heart disease and strokes are much more serious afflictions), but developing
diabetes is obviously problematic also, so good awareness and consistent checkups and blood sugar testing should be standard when taking these
medications.
Researchers discovered that when children between the ages of 6 and 17 took a common
diabetes medication called metformin along with their autism
medication, they
stopped gaining weight.