Use of voglibose tab

[DRH-sangli]

When creatinine is on increase, and one is taking Metformin, one is often advised to replace Metformin with Voglibose tab..

What are the disadvantages of Metformin and advantages of voglibose in this situation...I am on Metformin for last 5 years.My current creatinine is 1.31,and it was 1.25 two years back.

[Akumar2017]

Hi,

Voglibose is a specific treatment for excess carbs in diet.

Metformin is administered as a buffer against lower glucose levels,-a stabiliser.

So we are comparing apples and oranges, here.

[gangadharan_nair]

Metformin is used alone or with other medications, including insulin, to treat type 2 diabetes (condition in which the body does not use insulin normally and, therefore, cannot control the amount of sugar in the blood). Metformin is in a class of drugs called biguanides. Metformin helps to control the amount of glucose (sugar) in your blood. It decreases the amount of glucose you absorb from your food and the amount of glucose made by your liver. Metformin also increases your body's response to insulin, a natural substance that controls the amount of glucose in the blood.

Voglibose was first launched in 1994, to improve postprandial hyperglycemia in diabetes mellitus.

Consult your doctor.

Sources:--

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metfo...

medlineplus.gov/druginfo/me...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogli...

[DRH-sangli Star in reply to gangadharan_nair]

Good information.. thanks

[cure Administrator]

instead of voglibose Jamun seeds powder can be used as substitute???

Have u ever tried??

[DRH-sangli Star in reply to cure]

Not tried Jamun seed powder ever... but will try...

[cure Administrator in reply to DRH-sangli]

May I ask your current Hba1c DRH-sangli ?

[DRH-sangli Star in reply to cure]

My current A1c is 5.7

[cure Administrator in reply to DRH-sangli]

great....have u ever checked you PPBS after dinner??

[DRH-sangli Star in reply to cure]

Yes....fbs-100,plus-142

[DRH-sangli Star in reply to DRH-sangli]

PLBS-142

[cure Administrator in reply to DRH-sangli]

exactly.... here is the problem...

every one is just talking about FBS.... and this reading after dinner is harming us....

if after 2 hrs it is 142... then be sure that during those 2 hrs u must have spiked above 180...

and that is harming your kidney...

it is the same case with me....

think how can u tackle this issue...

by changing medicines u will just prove diabetes is progressive decease ....

[DRH-sangli Star in reply to cure]

What is remedy...

[cure Administrator in reply to DRH-sangli]

Don't know... I am also looking for same...

But I think evening walks will help...

[DRH-sangli Star]

Anup ji.. can you through any light on my question..?..