Medication for insuline resistance

by Mary Gawon
(Bonny iland, Porthacourt, Nigeria)

QUESTION: I stop eating complex carbohydrates and lean on protein, high fiber and wheat.


ANSWER: Hi Mary,


It is very good that you are trying to manage your insulin resistance by diet and exercises and taking your pills regularly as prescribed by your doctor.

However, there are certain things that I am in dark of to give an exact answer for the results you want to have:

1.First, you haven’t mentioned for how long you have been diagnosed with insulin resistance. This is quite important, because people with insulin resistance are supposed to start their treatment immediately, after the confirmation of this condition.

Furthermore, those people are treating their insulin resistance for several months, before the appearance of the desired results - like losing weight, feeling full of energy and reducing the risk of developing diabetes type 2.

However, these results are depending on the way of treatment and the will of that particular patient to achieve them. You have to know, that patients who are working hard, following a strict diet and doing exercises, are obtaining their results in shorter period – less than a month.

Keep in mind that this is not definitive for all patients because, it also, depends on the health conditions of the patient at the moment when he/she was firstly diagnosed with insulin resistance.

2.Now, coming to the second thing - you haven’t mentioned the name of the drugs which you are using. As there are several drugs used for the treatment of insulin resistance, some of which are more effective in one case than others.

However, I can’t tell you which drug is the most effective in your case, because everything depends on the status of that particular individual.