Given the initial improvement, we gradually stopped insulin therapy and increased metformin dose to 2 g per day, together with a hypocaloric diet after consultations with dietitians and 10 hours per week of physical activity
It's worth noting that the gastric emptying effect tends to attenuate over time with continued treatment
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Most patients experience identical outcomes on either formulation
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