TREATMENT OF DIABETES
Medicine
for Diabetes
There are many different types of diabetes pills. Each type of pill works differently to help lower your blood glucose. You may need to take more than one because sometimes drugs work even better when taken together.
Insulin
Many people with type 2 need insulin as time goes on. This is because the body makes less insulin over time. It doesn’t mean your condition is worse or that you are doing something wrong. When you have had diabetes for a while, insulin may become the treatment you need to reach your A1C goal so you feel better and stay healthy. Insulin cannot be taken as a pill. It must be injected or given through a pump.
Keeping Track of Medicines
You may be taking a pill or insulin for your diabetes plus pills for other conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. With a pill for this and a pill for that, keeping track can be a lot of work. Stay on top of your medicine schedule:
• Keep an updated list of your medicines (prescription, nonprescription, dietary supplements including vitamins, and herbal remedies). Record important information about each medicine. The chart on page 17 can help you get started.
• Take all of your medicines exactly as your doctor tells you.
• Use one pharmacy to fill all your prescriptions if possible.
• Keep medicines in a cool, dry place.
• Use a pill organizer.
• Use a reminder timer, an alarm clock, or your mobile phone alarm to remind you when to take medicine.
• Link pill-taking to something in your daily routine (for example, take your medicine right after you brush your teeth).
• Use a chart or dry erase board to keep track of your pill-taking.
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