My father is diabetic from 2012 with pp blood sugar 140 tested month ago. He is presently on metformin 500 mg. From past 10 days, he is having a burning sensation in his feet. On enquiring a doctor he suggested vitamin b supplement neurobion forte for a month twice a day along with painkillers. On internet I found diabetic should not have vitamin b. Should I go ahead or stop diabetic treatment for vitamin b tablets?
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basant kusumakar ras 1 tablet twice a day gokshuradi avleh 3 gram twice a day
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No you should not stop diabetes medicines.
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No its wrong info continue both tablets.
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Dealybrate-user, your father's symtoms are due to peripheral neuropathy which is common in diabetics. If he is on metformin he probably has vitamin b12 deficiency for which tab vit b12 (nurokind) 500 microgram once a day is safe to take. Ask him to keep his feet warm by wearing socks through the night that will relieve symptoms. You also need to do the following to optimize diabetes control reduce the quantity of carbohydrate (rice, wheat, rava, maida) in each meal and increase the quantity of protein (dhal, soya, egg white, fish or chicken). Take lot of green leafy vegetables walk 5 km per day and gradually reduce weight by 1 kg per month to about 60 kg. Monitor blood sugars with glucometer as follows. Fasting and pp on wednesday and 2 hour after lunch and after dinner on sunday and maintain a record. If in spite of dietary adjustment your sugar levels continue to be high and if your hba1c is more than 8 % ,get hemoglobin, blood picture, and creatinine done and take an online appointment to fine tune diabetes control. Regards professor m s seshadri.
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Dear lybrate-user I can see your father is having a long standing diabetes with elderly age group, as a sad part of diabetes is progressive disorder probable he has developed diabetic neuropathy which need a confirmation also. The doctor has given the right medication. Symptoms should start reducing within few days, along with good control of blood sugars tats the most important.
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B12 is advised in diabetics. Metformin itself produces b12 deficiency and and burning feet. So he can continue. Please do not check the internet and have doubts, instead you can ask your doctor directly for any doubts.
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I am sorry to hear about your concern but will be happy to assist you. Vitamin b12 is an essential micronutrient required for optimal hemopoetic, neuro-cognitive and cardiovascular function. Biochemical and clinical vitamin b12 deficiency has been demonstrated to be highly prevalent among patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Let's connect over a call so that we can discuss your concern in details and make a suitable treatment plan for you.
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