Patient was educated on how to take biguanides as follows: Take the medication at the same time every day, to avoid forgetting the medication. Maintain good regular eating habits. Do not skip your meals. Maintain compliance with your dietary recommendations, as ordered. Maintain compliance with any exercise scheduled prescribed by your doctor. Try not to overdo on your exercise. Take weight reading at least twice a week and maintain a log of every reading for [...]

Patient was educated on biguanides and mechanism of action as follows: Biguanides are oral antidiabetic drugs, used especially in patients with Type-2 diabetes. Biguanides control the blood sugars by the following mechanisms: Decreasing gluconeogenesis – Gluconeogenesis is a process that occurs in the human body in which glucose is made from sources other than carbohydrates, such as, proteins and fats. Gluconeogenesis results in increased blood sugar levels. Biguanides inhibit gluconeogenesis in the liver, thereby, contributing [...]