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Most diabetics need an add-on medication. You can either add on Januvia for $450 per month or glipizide for $10 per month, and you get the same results. Jeez, that’s a lot of money your saving there! (You can thank me later)

References:

1. Nauck MA, Meininger G, Sheng D, et al; for Sitagliptin Study 024 Group. Efficacy and safety of the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, sitagliptin, compared with the sulfonylurea, glipizide, in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled on metformin alone: a randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2007;9(2):194–205 Am J Med. 1997 Dec;103(6):491-71. 2. Am J Med. 1997 Dec;103(6):491-7