No, not unless you don't want the treatment.

Hi, I'm glad to answer your question. Whether or not you can stop your medication for 20 days for diabetes, I don't know why you are limiting yourself to 20 days. I suspect it may be due to temporary unavailability of medication. I try to answer the question of stopping diabetes, diabetes is a chronic disease, once diagnosed generally need to take medication for a long time, try not to stop taking medication, unless you are a young early stage of diabetes, after diet and exercise treatment, blood glucose control is relatively good. In particular, the former is an obese patient, after diet control, exercise and other weight loss treatment, there is a significant drop in body weight, blood sugar has been very good, basically normal, can consider stopping the drug observation. If the blood sugar rises again after stopping the medication, it means that the pancreatic islet function is still not restored, then you must continue to take the medication. The biggest danger of discontinuing medication for short-term diabetes is the fear of a sharp rise in blood glucose, especially in the stress state of diabetic emergencies, such as diabetic ketoacidosis, or even hypertonic coma; this is a more dangerous situation, especially for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, because they have a significant lack of insulin, and they must be treated with insulin. 2 diabetes mellitus is comparatively better, but if the disease history is longer, the pancreatic function is poorer, and the age is older, it is possible to consider discontinuing medication for observation. poorer, and older patients are equally at risk.

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In the current situation of the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, many people have been home for more than 1 month, and during this month or so, due to the inconvenience of traveling and the fear of going to the hospital to pick up the medication, and may have used up almost all of the glucose-lowering medication that they have at home, there are many people who have called and asked me that

"Dr. Sun, is it possible to stop a certain medication?"
"I've been off my meds for over 20 days, is that okay?"

This situation is actually very dangerous. For diabetics using medication, the diabetologist usually assesses the patient's physical condition, pancreatic islet function status, and comorbidities on his or her own before developing a glucose-lowering medication regimen. Some patients also need to make several major adjustments to the drug regimen and dosage. Therefore, doctors usually tell patients not to stop taking their medications, especially those with multiple comorbidities, very poor pancreatic islet function, insensitivity to glucose-lowering drugs, and the need for a combination of multiple glucose-lowering drugs.This is especially true for the use of insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Diabetes is a chronic non-communicable disease that requires long-term medical care. Medical care here includes a variety of measures such as diet, exercise, medication, and testing.

Type 2 diabetes:For type 2 diabetics who need medication, that means that diet and exercise therapy alone can no longer control blood sugar, and need to be combined with medication to lower blood sugar, if medication is stopped, blood sugar will rise, and some of them will rise very significantly, leading to acute metabolic disorders in the body, which can lead to diabetic emergencies such as diabetic ketoacidosis and diabetic hyperosmolar syndrome, and life-threatening conditions.

Type 2 diabetes patients stop taking medication on their own, blood glucose rises, there may not be any discomfort in the short term, in this case, if you do not carry out blood glucose testing, allowing blood glucose to continue to increase the state, then there will be a variety of chronic complications of diabetes, such as visual impairment, numbness of the limbs, cardiovascular and cerebral vascular atherosclerosis, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic foot, etc., which will lead to the emergence of a variety of disabling illnesses. This will seriously affect the life and treatment of patients and their families, and increase the economic burden of the family.

Type 1 diabetes:Type 1 diabetics are moreover never to stop taking insulin, and by stopping 1-2 insulin injections due to the absolute lack of insulin in the body, the patient puts himself in a very dangerous situation.

Be sure not to just stop your glucose-lowering medication.

I have spoken many times about how to keep yourself supplied with medication during an epidemic, hospitals have taken very smooth access and very adequate supplies of all these chronic medications, all you need to deal with is getting out of the house and traveling. If there is really no way around it, there are some medications that can be substituted. It is important to remember that it is always better to use the same type of medication than not to use it, but you must not just stop using it without any special circumstances.

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If there are no special circumstances, first of all, it is not recommended to stop the drug, if you do want to stop the drug, it must be based on the blood glucose situation, if the blood glucose is higher is certainly not recommended to stop the drug, suddenly stopping the drug, it is likely to cause a number of diabetic acute and chronic complications, if the type of medication is less, the dosage is not large, the stopping of the drug after the blood glucose will not cause too much fluctuation, you can stop the drug to observe, after the stopping of the drug must be monitored blood glucose, if the control is bad After stopping the medication, blood glucose must be monitored, and if the control is not good, the medication should be continued.

Hello everyone! I am type 2 diabetic, diabetes to stop medication, that is only according to their own blood sugar indicators and physical condition, do not go blindly to stop the medication, I found out about diabetes in 2017, took a year of medication, and now stopped for a year, glycated hemoglobin 6.3

First, you need to know what your blood sugar status has been recently, e.g., how much fasting, how much after meals, how much glycated hemoglobin?

Second, know your blood sugar if it is stable, under the guidance of the doctor, eat small meals with as few carbohydrates as possible, so that according to their own situation

Third, if your blood sugar is unstable, you still need to take your medication as prescribed by your doctor to keep your blood sugar stable.

Walking, off meds for over a year.

Diabetes can be stopped after Chinese medicine treatment

It's a big no-no to stop taking your medication until you're fully cured, as it is with any disease

Ask your doctor in detail before stopping the medication. It is advisable not to stop the medication suddenly.