Diabetic Medication

Understanding how diabetic medication treat elevated blood sugar glucose and what are the side effects of diabetic medication

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Diabetic medication - How It Works

Diabetic medication or pills used to treat diabetes can lower blood glucose level only for people with type 2 diabetes,  whose bodies still make some insulin but don't use it well enough.

To understand how diabetic medication works you must understand the reason why blood glucose levels are high for people with type 2 diabetes:

• First reason for elevated blood sugar is your muscles are not taking up the glucose in your blood stream.  This condition is also known as insulin resistance.

• Second the live is over producing glucose further increasing the glucose levels in your body

• Third Insulin production by your pancreases (specifically the beta cells in pancreases) cannot keep up with high levels of glucose.

Medication are available to treat elevated blood glucose level on all the 3 causes mentioned above.  The oral diabetic medication available today fall into 5 different categories:

• sulfonylureas,

• biguanides,

• alpha-glucosidase inhibitors

• thiazolidinediones (glitozones)

• glitinides.

The diabetic medication table below provide your with information how each type of medication work to control your blood sugar levels, and possible side effects that it caused.

Type of Diabetic Medication	Glitazone	Biguanide	Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitor	Glitinide	Sulfonylurea
Brad Names	Actos Avandia	Glucophage	Precose Glyset	Prandin Starlix	Micronase Diabeta Glynase Glucotrol Amaryl
How This Diabetic Medication Work to Lower Blood Glucose Level	Fat Cells Causes fat cells to take up more fatty acids and glucose, decreasing insulin resistance in muscles	Liver Causes liver to produce less glucose	Small intestine Delays absorption of glucose in small intestine	Pancreases Stimulates the beta cells to make more insulin	Pancreases Stimulate the beta cells to make more insulins
Side Effects of the diabetic medication	Weight gain Increase risk of hypoglycemia if combine with certain diabetes medication. anemia, edema (fluid retention) Liver irritation	Stomach upset or diarrhea loose stools or uncontrollable bowel movement.	Diarrhea and tremendous production of gas. Liver irritation	hypoglycemia cold and flu like symptoms diarrhea, joint aches, and back pain rash and stomach upset	Hypoglycemia or low blood sugar level Skin rashes, dark urine, stomach upset and increased sensitivity to sun

    Your doctors can consider one or more of these diabetic medication to control your blood glucose level but not take any of the above diabetic medication without prescription of your doctors.  Your physician will be able to informed you about the possible side effects of the above medication and whether or not it can be together with the other medication that you are currently taking

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