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My sister went to the doctors this morning and they checked her sugar. it was 419. they gave her an insulin shot and metformin. her sugar is 470 now. ?

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Dr. Girish Kalva answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Diabetes: Go back to the ER and have them admit her if this is new. If not option 2 is to find a good internal medicine doctor or endocrinologist tomorrow morning. She needs more than metformin unless I am missing some information. Being a weekend ,the best option is to go back to a different doctor .dont delay .

Answered 1/10/2015

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