When it comes to the big name of diabetes, I think everyone will not feel strange. In fact, as early as the end of 2019, the number of people suffering from diabetes in the mainland had exceeded 100 million.
The treatment of diabetes is currently impossible to achieve a complete cure. Therefore, in most cases, once diabetes is developed, it means that you need to take diabetic drugs for a long time, and you must actively avoid the following four medication misunderstandings during the medication process, otherwise it is likely to greatly reduce the effect of disease control.
1. Only when the body is unwell, it is necessary to take medication in time
For the use of drugs, the vast majority of people are cautious, because the so-called "three points of poison" is not just talk.
However, diabetic patients must not choose to stop or reduce drugs without permission, especially must not think that as long as there is no excessive physical discomfort, then there is no need to take antidiabetic drugs on time, these wrong practices are actually very detrimental to the health of patients.
Because only in the case of timely medication can the patient's blood glucose level be controlled in advance, so as to avoid serious damage to the function of the organs due to excessive blood sugar rise.
Otherwise, if diabetic nephropathy or diabetic foot problems are induced due to continuous increase in blood sugar, it may lead to kidney failure or foot amputation in severe cases.
Therefore, regardless of whether there is physical discomfort or not, diabetics must follow the doctor's instructions and take medication on time.
2. The larger the dosage, the better
In order to maximize the away from the worry of rising blood sugar, some diabetic patients will choose to deliberately increase the dosage of hypoglycemic drugs, and this wrong practice must be corrected in time.
In fact, although it is not advisable to have too high blood sugar, it is also very unhealthy to have too low blood sugar.
Therefore, for the choice of the dosage of hypoglycemic drugs, patients must be comprehensively considered in combination with their actual blood glucose fluctuations, and remember not to be too one-sided to think that the more drugs they take, the better.
3, the more expensive the hypoglycemic drugs, the better
In real life, many diabetics will blindly prefer expensive imported drugs, believing that the higher the price of drugs means that the better the drug treatment effect, this too one-sided bad idea must be corrected in time.
Because for different diabetic patients, which type of hypoglycemic drugs are specifically applicable need to be combined with the actual condition, carefully considered by professional doctors, patients must not blindly think that the more expensive the drug, the better.
4. Hypoglycemic drugs should be replaced frequently
Many diabetics choose to frequently switch to different hypoglycemic drugs out of concern about drug resistance, and this wrong practice is also very undesirable.
In fact, in the process of formulating a treatment plan, doctors will comprehensively consider the most suitable types of hypoglycemic drugs according to the actual disease status and physical health status of the patient.
Therefore, diabetics should not change their medication frequently in order to reduce the so-called side effects, which is actually quite dangerous.
The above are the introduction of four common misunderstandings that need to be actively avoided in the process of antidiabetic drugs.
For such knowledge, diabetic patients must pay full attention to it, so as not to go into the drug misunderstanding and lead to a great reduction in the effect of disease control, which has a huge adverse impact on the health of patients.
In addition, while taking medication on time, diabetics should never forget to monitor their blood sugar regularly.
Because keeping abreast of blood glucose changes has always been crucial to helping determine whether the control effect of the disease is as desired.