Topic
Medication & Treatment
Oral medications, insulin, injections, and treatment approaches.
Metformin: What It Does and What to Expect
Metformin is where nearly everyone with Type 2 diabetes starts. Here is how it works, and how to get through the early stomach upset it can cause.
The Main Diabetes Tablets, Explained
Diabetes tablets work in very different ways, and only some can cause low blood sugar. Here is what each main group does, set out in one table.
When Type 2 Needs Insulin
Being moved onto insulin is not a punishment or a personal failure. Here is why it happens in Type 2 diabetes, and what actually changes for you.
Timing, Food and Missed Doses
Whether you take a diabetes tablet before or after food changes how well it works. Here are the practical timing and missed-dose rules to know.
Why Your Medicines Change Over Time
Needing a second or third diabetes medicine after a few good years is expected and normal. It is not a sign that you have slipped up somewhere.