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Hello doc My mother has been taking insulin since 4months. Right now her body weight is getting increased. Is this the common side effect for taking insulin? If that is the case what to be done to control the increasing the weight? Thank you.
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Weight gain is common with use of Insulin. Increase in physical activity will help her to overcome this
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