| Blood sugar (even in a non-diabetics) will always rise in response to meals. In diabetics, our blood sugars just rise higher and take longer to return to normal than non-diabetics. My non-diabetic hubby has reluctantly been my guinea pig on numerous occasions and his 2 hr reading is a lot lower than mine, though it does rise from the pre-meal reading, just not as much as mine does.
Its my understanding the meds such as glipizide start working immediately stimulating more insulin production, whereas meds such as metformin take a few weeks to reach optimal levels.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5
Last edited by princesslinda : 08-15-2008 at 01:38 PM.
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