One group of Syrian refugees climbed over and under a razor wire fence â with small children and an elderly woman â in order to evade the Hungarian police and thereby have a chance at quickly passing through the country.
They all used the Dexcom system. After taking 1000 mg of acetaminophen, the subjects performed finger-stick blood glucose checks at 30 minutes and 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 hours. There were significant differences between the CGM and meter readings (P < .01) for the entire 8-hour period.
When Invokana was taken along with metformin, their average 2 hour post-meal blood sugar was still 205 mg/dl to 210 mg/dl, a level still high enough to cause heart disease and all the classic diabetic complications. This makes it clear Invokana offers no significant benefit to people with Type 2 diabetes.