Patient's question:
My father-in-law was diagnosed with diabetes last March after a rapid increase in weight. He has been taking insulin injections, but he gets very impatient about it every day. A friend recommended a medication called Fankewan. I would like to ask doctors specializing in this field: is Fankewan effective for diabetes?Doctor's answer:
Diabetic patients taking oral Fankewan are effective, but there are some precautions for taking oral Fankewan. First, the patient should be under 60 years old. In Fankewan, in addition to traditional Chinese medicine preparations, it contains the Western medicine component glibenclamide, which has a very strong hypoglycemic effect and is prone to recurrent hypoglycemia. Therefore, diabetic patients should closely monitor blood sugar fluctuations during the oral administration of Fankewan. Older people are not suitable for oral administration.