Combination Therapy:  Managing Diabetes with Pills and Injections

Treatment for type 2 diabetes focuses on keeping blood glucose under control. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease.  Every year type 2 diabetics lose a portion of their ability to produce insulin.  As this happens, a change in the diabetic’s treatment plan will be needed to keep blood glucose in control. The diabetes pill that worked in the past may no longer be effective because of the lack of insulin. 

At this point the diabetic’s treatment plan might be changed to what is called “Combination Therapy.”  With Combination Therapy adjustments are made to the diabetic’s diet, exercise, and medications.  The diabetic might also start insulin therapy.