Non-Insulin Medication

Some people who have type 2 diabetes can manage to keep their blood glucose levels in the target range with a healthy diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction, but most people also need diabetes medication and some need insulin. Injecting insulin means that the lack of functional insulin is replaced by additional insulin. Non-insulin medication helps you in a different way.
Table 1 shows three examples of non-insulin medication that are available, how they are taken and how they work.

Table 1: Non-insulin medication