Subject: Diabetes
Gender: Female
Age: 88 Years
Height: 5 feet 1 inch
Weight: 44 Kg (Stable)
* Type 2 diabetes, diagnosed in blood test in March 2016.
* No other symptoms of diabetes.
* Since then using Glucophage (Metformin Hydrochloride) 250 mg tablets, one tablet morning, one tablet evening, just after meals.
* Now
* Fasting Blood Glucose Level without medicine: 100 mg/dL
* 2 hours after meal without medicine: 282 mg/dL
* 2 hours after meal with medicine: 236 mg/dL
* Questions:
* Should we increase potency of above medicine?
* The patient is using Betagan ( Levobunolol HCl 0.5%) eye-drops for the treatment of Glaucoma for 5 years. Is Diabetes, the side-effect of Betagan medicine?