HEALTH: How well does A1C reflect diabetes control?
(WorldNews Health)

DEAR DR. ROACH: In one of your recent columns a writer had Type 2 diabetes with an A1C level usually no higher than 6.2% controlled with oral medication. You said that level is so well-controlled that you wondered if the person needed the medication, and that many experts would reduce or eliminate medication in a 66-year-old with that A1C. Wouldn`t it be the medication that is keeping the A1C no higher than 6.2%? I am 66, and my last A1C was 5.2%. Three years ago, it was 8.2% on metformin, so my doctor added a second oral medication. It has been no higher than 6.5% ever since. Are you...