| 1. | Merck Frosst Canada - Diabetes |
| | It is also a good idea to maintain your body weight within a limited range, to avoid becoming overweight and minimize weight gain / loss fluctuations, because significant changes up or down will affect your blood glucose level and may change the dose of any diabetes medicine (pills or insulin) that you need.... |
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| 2. | Merck Frosst Canada - Diabetes |
| | For example, exercise can make your body more sensitive to insulin, and therefore help in lowering blood glucose levels with less insulin.... Whatever your chosen activity, blood glucose levels should be tested before and after each exercise, and, if the activity is prolonged, even during the exercise period.... |
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| 3. | Merck Frosst Canada - Diabetes |
| | If your doctor has prescribed diabetes tablets to help you keep your blood glucose level under control, it is important that you take them as directed.... |
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| 4. | Merck Frosst Canada - Diabetes |
| | Your doctor may decide that tablets alone are not enough to control your blood glucose level.... |
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| 5. | Merck Frosst Canada - Diabetes |
| | Various medications (other than your diabetes tablets or insulin) can also affect your diabetes control.Some medicines can increase blood glucose levels, while others decrease them ; and some may worsen complications of diabetes, such as kidney disease.. It is important for you to know before you take any medication - prescription or nonprescription - whether it will affect your diabetes.. |
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