Table 1.

Case presentation details

Patient characteristics and presentation details
55-year-old male
Divorced
Recently lost his job
Lives alone
Recently diagnosed with T2D
Five-year history of prediabetes, treated with diet and exercise initially, then with metformin
Metformin therapy initiated approximately 2 years earlier
Patient does not like taking pills; complains about having to take metformin twice daily in addition to his two once-daily antihypertensive medications
Is reluctant to see a specialist