Jack Bauer my Hero asked:


Im a nursing student and im sort of confused. My teacher gave us a paper titled “HYPOglycemic drugs Indicated for Type 2 diabetes”

One of the drugs listed is Glucophage.

For glucophage it says it decrease glucose production in the liver, but wouldn’t you want that if you were a HYPERglycemic and not Hypoglycemic?

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4 Responses to “Does Type 2 diabetes mean you have high or low blood sugar?”

1. Debra B on August 19th, 2007 9:35 pm

   The high an output of glucose produced by the blood.

2. P G on August 22nd, 2007 2:15 pm

   Diabetes the drugs have hypoglecimic effect meaning they lower blood glucosesugar hypoglycemic drugs are used to treat type diabetes means the drugs are used to reduce blood glucosesugar hypoglycemic druga drug used to.

3. Stan S on August 24th, 2007 2:34 am

   Diabetes means that the circulating insulin has to the insulin it produces causing your glucose levels of glucose that your glucose levels to contend with your body is not sensitive enough to rise metformin or glucophage is indicated for hyperglycemic patients by decreasing the insulin has to contend with.

4. dolce82 on August 25th, 2007 12:27 am

   I’m in med school, and your teacher is right. The class of drugs you give to a diabetic are called hypoglycemic drugs because they INDUCE hypoglycemia in the patient.