Diabetic tablets are not insulin. Insulin cannot be taken orally as it cannot survive the acidic environment of the stomach. Patients with type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes) require insulin replacement treatment to provide the body with the necessary insulin that the pancreas is no longer able to produce. It is not recommended that women who are pregnant or breastfeeding take oral diabetes medications, and should instead use insulin. Type 2 diabetics may not require insulin and its use is determined on a case-by-case basis. Diet and exercise and the first responses to treating type 2 diabetes however, if after three months of diet and exercise blood glucose is still not within a normal range, diabetes medications will be prescribed. It is important to keep in mind that diabetes medicines are not able to cure the disease and, unlike insulin, often patients will have to take it for the rest of …