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What are the symptoms or complications of uncontrolled sugar? i take 100 units of lantus (insulin glargine) and 2000 mg of metformin a day yet my sugar is near 300

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Uncontrolled NIDDM: Uncontrolled dm has acute and chronic complications acute effects include metabolic imbalance, bad infections chronic complications include micro vascular damage kidneys, eye and neuropathy macrovascular includes coronary artery damage limb loss and stroke.

Answered 8/14/2013

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Last night sugar was 135 before bed.I didn't eat anything else..I injected the dose of lantus (insulin glargine) like every night and woke up with my sugar at 315...

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