Did Your Doctor Check Your Insulin Levels Before They Prescribed Your Diabetes Medicine? Ask Them

When you are first diagnosed with diabetes, your doctor almost certainly based this on blood tests that showed an abnormally high level of glucose in your blood. If you were above the norm, they probably told you that you have "high blood sugar" or "diabetes" or maybe just "pre-diabetes" if it was just above the norm. This is all very scientific but I want to make you aware that most doctors do NOT measure the insulin in your blood - and yes, it is possible to test for this.

Furthermore, people who have been diagnosed with diabetics are usually encouraged to check their blood sugar regularly. In fact, the more you check the merrier seems to be the consensus. When you go back to the doctor, they almost always prick your finger to check your blood sugar right there in the office. It has also become very popular to draw blood and do a H1Ac test to determine what your average blood sugar has been. However, again most of them are NOT testing for insulin levels.

Why aren't most doctors ordering tests to check for insulin levels? And... why is this important? Read on...

Approximately 95% of all diabetics are type 2 diabetics. The majority of type 2 diabetics still produce an adequate amount of insulin. The problem that most type 2 diabetics have is that their cells are "insulin resistant." This means that even though they are producing enough insulin, their cells still can't absorb glucose efficiently. It does NOT mean that they are not producing enough insulin. Some type 2 diabetics actually have a surplus of insulin because their pancreas is constantly trying to compensate for the inefficiency of glucose uptake.

Several of the popular medications prescribed for type 2 diabetics work by stimulating the pancreas to produce more insulin. These include the sulfonylureas such as Minodiab (generic: glipizide), glyburide (brand names: Diabeta, Glynase, Micronase), and Amaryl (generic: glimepiride). They also include the meglitinides which include Prandin (repaglinide) and Starlix (nateglinide).

Now, I'm just a researcher and a writer, not a doctor, but I've got to ask the following important questions:

1. If you are a type 2 diabetic and you are already producing an adequate amount of insulin or you maybe you are producing an excess amount of insulin, why would your doctor prescribe a medication that will actually raise your insulin levels?

2. Why don't most doctors check your insulin level BEFORE they prescribe your type 2 diabetes medication(s)? Shouldn't they know what your insulin levels are BEFORE they prescribe your diabetes medications since many of them stimulate the pancreas to produce more insulin?

Elevated levels of insulin are detrimental to the human body. Your system can become so taxed, it basically wears out the cells that produce the insulin and cause your diabetes to progress to a more serious state over time.

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