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Taking medicines for diabetes
Will taking galvus met or metformin continuously for months make any side effects in the body? Is there any way to reduce the medicine intake and reverse the diabetic condition.
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Dr. Suhas Khaire
Endocrinologist
15 yrs exp
Pune
With your medications it's rare to have side effects, they are the one of the safest medicines in diabetes...
As I see your wt is on higher side u will benefit from reducing wt for decrease in medication or may even can be stopped in few cases...
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Diet and exercise to cut down your wt...!!!
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Dr. Ashok Chakravarthy Makineni
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3 yrs exp
Guntur
Galvus met or metformin won't cause much side effects
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Diet modification , physical activity will reduce sugar levels
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