Can You Stop Diabetes Medication: Diabetes disease is increasing rapidly and crores of people have become victims of it. Many times people are diagnosed with diabetes, but they initially avoid taking medicines and prefer taking home-made medicines. Many people believe that once they start taking allopathy medicine, they will have to take it for the rest of their life. Some people also say that the body becomes addicted to diabetes medicine and the body becomes dependent on it to control the sugar level. However, doctors say all these things are completely wrong. Experts believe that sugar medicine is given to control the disease and it does not cause any kind of addiction. Taking it throughout life does not cause any significant harm to the body.

Dr. Paras Aggarwal, Clinical Head, Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Department, Marengo Asia Hospital, Gurugram told News18. There are many misconceptions in the minds of people regarding diabetes medicine. Medicines are given to patients so that their blood sugar level remains under control. This medicine does not cause any kind of addiction. If a person has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he should consult a doctor and start medication. If any medicine is started in the initial stage, then if diabetes remains under control for a long time, it can be reduced or stopped on the advice of experts. This happens only in the case of those patients who have just started diabetes. In case of chronic disease, the medicine lasts for life time.

Are diabetes medicines addictive?

Doctor Aggarwal told that it is a big myth that diabetes medicines are addictive. Diabetes medicines like metformin, insulin or other anti-diabetic medicines do not affect the reward system of the brain. In such a situation, there is no question of addiction. These medicines are only for controlling blood sugar. If sugar increases after stopping the medicine, it does not mean addiction, but the nature of the disease. The body needs medicine because the efficiency of the pancreas or insulin is affected. If diabetes remains under control without medicines, you can stop the medicines on the advice of the doctor.

Can medication be stopped in type 2 diabetes?

According to experts, the situation may be different in type 2 diabetes. If the patient loses weight, takes a balanced diet, does regular exercise and controls stress, then the blood sugar level can come within normal limits in the initial stage. Remission has also been seen in some patients, where HbA1c remains controlled for a long time and doctors may consider reducing or stopping the drug. However, this does not apply to every patient. Type 2 diabetes is a progressive disease, meaning it can increase over time. In such a situation, increasing the dose of medicine or starting insulin is a sign of the changing needs of the body.