Taking insulin or other diabetic medications is a common element of diabetes treatment. Medicines can help you manage the condition in addition to making appropriate food and beverage choices, obtaining physical activity, getting adequate sleep, and managing stress. There are several alternative therapeutic choices available./p>
Diabetes mellitus type 1
Because your pancreas cannot produce insulin, you must take it if you have type 1 diabetes. To keep your blood glucose levels under control, you will need to take insulin multiple times throughout the day, including when you eat and drink.
There are several insulin administration methods. You can inject insulin with a needle and syringe, an insulin pen, or an insulin pump. Some patients may benefit from an artificial pancreas, often known as an automated insulin administration system.
Diabetes mellitus type 2
Changes in lifestyle can help some patients with type 2 diabetes regulate their blood glucose levels. Consuming healthy meals and drinks, restricting calories if overweight or obese, and engaging in physical exercise are all examples of lifestyle adjustments.
Many people with type 2 diabetes must also take diabetic medications. Diabetes tablets or insulin injections are examples of these medications. You may require more than one diabetic medication to regulate your blood glucose level over time. Even if you do not take insulin, you may require it at times, such as when pregnant or in the hospital for treatment.
To control type 2 diabetes, you may need to take medications in addition to eating nutritious meals and staying physically active. Many diabetic medications can be taken orally. These medications are known as oral medications.
Metformin tablets are often used to treat type 2 diabetes. Metformin is also available as a drink. Metformin helps your liver produce less glucose, and your body uses insulin more effectively. This medication may assist you in losing a small amount of weight.
If you have type 1 diabetes, your doctor may advise you to take other medications in addition to insulin to help regulate your blood glucose levels. Some of these medications operate by slowing the rate at which food and beverages pass through your stomach. These medications help reduce the rate and magnitude with which your blood glucose levels rise after eating. Other medications operate by blocking digestive hormones that boost blood glucose levels after meals or by assisting the kidneys in removing more glucose from the blood.
Other injectable drugs, in addition to insulin, are available to keep your blood glucose level from increasing too high when you eat or drink. These medications, known as glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, may help you lose weight by making you feel less hungry. GLP-1 agonists are not insulin replacements.
If medications and lifestyle modifications aren't enough to keep your diabetes under control, there are additional options. Weight-loss surgery (bariatric) for certain persons with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, or pancreatic islet transplantation for some people with type 1 diabetes, are examples of these therapies.
Weight-loss surgery is a procedure that helps you lose weight by altering your digestive system. Weight-loss surgery is sometimes known as bariatric surgery or metabolic surgery.
This sort of surgery may assist some people with obesity and type 2 diabetes in losing a significant amount of weight and returning their blood glucose levels to a healthy range. The duration of the enhanced response varies depending on the patient, the kind of weight-loss surgery, and the quantity of weight lost. Other considerations include the length of time a person has had diabetes and whether or not the individual uses insulin. Following weight loss surgery, some people with type 2 diabetes may no longer require diabetic medications.
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