Medication
Metformin for Diabetes and Prediabetes
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008I realised that there are quite a substantial interest in readers trying to find out more information on Metformin for diabetes and prediabetes so I shall write an article on this.
What is Metformin?
Metformin is one of the most common oral anti-diabetic drug / medication. It falls under the drug class called Biguanides. Metformin is [...]
What? Blood glucose BG (sugar) level too low? It’s Hypoglycaemia (Hypoglycemia)
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Most people only knows that if a person suffers from diabetes or prediabetes, it means that a person is suffering from high blood glucose BG / sugar level or Hyperglycaemia (Hyperglycemia). This is only one side of the coin, diabetics and prediabetes actually can suffer from another condition known as Hypoglycemia (Hypoglycaemia).
What is Hypoglycemia?
Hypoglycemia is the [...]
Metformin + Me (II) - More Giddy Spells…Hypoglycemia?
Friday, April 25th, 2008It was end Jan 08 and 2 months had passed since i had my last check, I had to go back to Doctor B for followup test for HbA1C & fasting plasma glucose FPG tests. I was very confident that i will be getting good results because i have been exercising hard and have been [...]
Metformin + Me => Giddy Spells
Thursday, April 24th, 2008News spread in the office soon and many colleagues were recommending me to seek a second opinion. I agreed but not till about 3 weeks later. The doctor was from someplace near my company and will called him Doctor B.
Doctor B recommended that i just test my HbA1c levels. When i first got back my HbA1c results which [...]