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A 65 years old diabetic who takes insulin as treatment, can a person take any oral medication instead of insulin to control the disease?
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Last resort: Insulin is often considered a last resort, given the potential complications and difficulties taking it. And often we try one of several classes of oral meds first. However, sometimes when a person's sugars are really high, it is easy to assume that it is beyond the ability of the oral meds, and we will go straight to insulin.
Answered 1/6/2015
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