Things to do if you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes

So, now that you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes what do you do? 

Make A checklist!

1. Talk to your family doctor about it
2. Monitoring of fasting sugars at least every 6 months
3. Check Hba1c every 6 months
4. Check urine protein (micro albumin) every year, this alerts to kidney damage
5. If you also have high cholesterol use ‘statins’ (LIPITOR, PRAVACHOL, ZOCOR)
6. If you have high BP, prefer to use an ACE inhibitor (lisinopril, benazepril etc)
7. Get eye exams every year for retinopathy (blindness in diabetes can be prevented)
8. Aggressive life changes (weight loss, cardio, low fat high fiber diet can reduce your risk of diabetes progression by 58%, see above and without side effects of drugs!)
9. FDA has not approved any diabetic medicines at this time for treatment of pre-diabetes. ACT NOW (actos) trial results are up.
   
   
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