As the patient said, diabetics take all kinds of drugs. This is mainly because diabetic patients are usually accompanied by metabolic abnormalities such as hypertension and dyslipidemia, and patients with a long history may also have various microvascular complications (such as kidney disease and retinopathy) and macrovascular complications (coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease). The goal of diabetes treatment is not only to control blood sugar within the normal range, but also to actively control blood pressure, blood lipid and blood viscosity to reduce the risk of complications in various systems. Therefore, in addition to taking 1 ~ 2 or more hypoglycemic agents, patients usually need to add antihypertensive drugs, lipid-lowering drugs, antiplatelet drugs and so on.
Some patients think that "western medicine has great side effects, and long-term use is harmful to the body", and will automatically reduce the drug after initial blood sugar control. Even if all drugs are stopped, blood sugar fluctuates greatly. This situation is extremely unfavorable to the disease control of diabetic patients, because the large fluctuation of blood sugar will promote various complications and easily induce diabetic ketoacidosis.
As we all know, any medicine, including traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine, may produce adverse reactions. When the patient's liver and kidney function is normal, the drug can be metabolized and excreted in the liver and kidney normally without increasing the burden on the body, so the drug is safe. Patients should strictly control the use of drugs when liver and kidney dysfunction occurs. In addition, all kinds of drugs used to treat diabetes in clinic are safe and effective drugs after repeated screening and confirmation on the basis of repeated experiments and years of clinical practice, but each drug has its strict indications and contraindications. Therefore, patients should grasp the main contradictions under the guidance of doctors, use regular drugs rationally, and do not abuse drugs without authorization.
The patient talked about whether taking Tang Shiping for two years would damage the kidneys, and here he can tell you clearly: "Don't be particularly worried". Because Tang Shiping is the only drug that is not excreted by the kidney, and it is a short-acting sulfonylurea hypoglycemic agent, it is almost completely metabolized in the liver, and only 5% of the metabolites are excreted by the kidney. According to the relevant data, 1334 patients in 68 cities in 8 countries were studied for one and a half years. Blood sugar can be controlled by taking 65,438+05 ~ 65,438+080 mg (half to six tablets) every day. No adverse effects of Tang Shiping on liver and kidney have been found in clinic and experiment.
Patients need to be specially reminded that some unscrupulous operators in the market now advertise that some drugs without side effects can "radically cure diabetes" in order to make huge profits, and advise patients not to be fooled and should go to regular hospitals for formal diabetes treatment.