What medications for insulin resistance are there besides metformin?

Yo man which world are you in .... metformin is probably like one of the oldest drugs... but though effective with no side effects and even prescribed now ...... go to this website for a list of anti diabetic (type 2 = insulin resistance) and their classification

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-diabet...

cheeeerio

there are 3 basic types

metaformin causes the liver to produce less glucose

glyburide type drugs make the pancreas produce more insulin

actos like drugs lower the resistance to insulin.

However. get skinny... the less fat you have the less insulin resistant you are. That is what I am doing and my DB is getting way better. Cut out your animal proteins and go mostly veg. (that means dairy too) All if you can with fresh fruits and veg. Cut out anything that doesnt grow out of the ground or walks on it or swims. Ever seen a bread tree???

My blood sugar right now is 96 with only prandin at dinner (like glyburide)... 2 months ago... I was on all three types at maximum doses, and it was usually 250+ all the time!!!

Good Luck to you. I will copy and paste the details of my othe post that outlines my diet plan below. (Be careful with fasting if you are on meds, as it can lower sugar dangerously and suddenly)

I am/was also a large male. Remember... This is my plan... It works for me and I am not a doctor... However it is

based on the food pyramid, so it is not a fad diet. It is a way of life for me...The plan I describe below will not

only lose you weight, but it will cut out the bloating which is a whole bunch of inches on your waste line. I lost 5

inches in the first month. I went from a 42 to a tight 36 in the first 4 weeks. (All boating was gone in the first

two weeks) Remember that I have cut out almost all meat and eat mostly raw fruits and veg. Only sushi once a week,

and I started the first week with a 7 day juice fast (see your doctor for advise). On my Juice fast I took in a max

of 1200 calories a day for the first week. 200 cals of those was a balanced protein shake by Boost to make sure i

was getting all the vits and minerals. (and a multi vit)

Cut out 500 to 750 calories a day from the recommended values below, while either not cutting the nutrition, or

cutting it as little as possible. Do this by eating nutritionally dense foods. You will lose it in not time. I also

recommend juice fasting one day a week. That will cut out a 1000 calories on that day if you drink the right juices.

It will also let your digestive system rest for that day and you will lose bloating that is so common in our bodies

nowadays. Friday is my day. I call it fasting Fridays and I celebrate day because on that day I stand up and say "I

have control over food. it does not control me!" (and I tell everyone!)

On a 2000 calorie diet (women) 2500 (men) 50 to 60 grams. These should be mostly veg/fruit protein. I would

recommend only a max of 10 from lean meat. The average person should get 50g protein and 300g carbs. As an example

rice has 10g protein and 44g carbs. If you ate 1 to 2 cups of rice a day with broccoli and olive oil you would have

roughly 40% of a healthy diet. The key to losing weight is getting to the numbers grams you need with the minimum

calories. Eat nutritionally dense food like rice and stay away from food that have alot of calories, but are low in

the grams of protein, good carbs, and good fats. Here is the rule of thumb if it grows on the ground, or walks on

the ground, or swims... It is good! If not... Don't put it in your mouth. Ever seen a bread tree??? Here is the

amendment to the rule. If it has a face... Eat it sparingly. The Chinese are on average fit and trim, have low

diabetes and heart disease, and take in a small fraction of the animal protein that an average American does. (That

means milk, butter and cheese too) ((I would not put butter or milk in my body under any circumstance. It would be

better to eat steak once a month.))

For type two diabetes there are two ways in which you can have high sugars one is not enough insulin the other is not enough entrances into the cells

Think of the cell of having doors in them

Now when you eat it is converted to blood sugar
to get into your cells one molecule of insulin attaches to one molecule of sugar now it can enter the cell

Most cells when looked at under a scope have many doors to allow the insulin/sugar to enter they can enter one at a time but if you only have say three doors instead of twenty they get backed up.

Think of the insulin as the key the sugar can not enter the cell with out the key

Metformin is the only one that will help your body make more doors and it is the only one that will help you lose weight all other med's will put weight on.

There is another way to help your body make more doors

Exercise aerobic endurance it does not have to be that hard but going for very long walks will help.

Insulin

Insulin
A new medicine called Symlin was approved by the FDA to be used with insulin. It may be used in people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who take insulin. Symlin is a man-made form of the hormone amylin. Amylin is made in the pancreas. It works with insulin and glucagon to help control blood sugar. Symlin is given as a shot before meals.