If your treatment isn’t bringing you the results you expected or helping you reach your treatment goals, it might be time to reevaluate.
If you're living with type 2 diabetes, it is recommended that you see your doctor every 3-6 months. It's important to set goals early on and keep track of progress with your physician, so you can better understand what you should expect from your specific treatment and stay up to date with the latest diabetes management tools and strategies.1
You and your doctor should define your unique treatment goals, along with any risk factors you might have that could influence your medication choice.1
To get started, you can consider the general recommendations from the 2022 consensus report1 by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. This report (created by a panel of experts and looking at new scientific research) provides guidelines for professional healthcare teams for the management of type 2 diabetes. They suggest considering the following factors when setting treatment goals:1