QR-Bromocriptine as an Adjunct to Insulin and Metformin in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

The study drug is added-on to patients on existing type 2 diabetes treatment with insulin +metformin+exercise/nutritional counseling. The study drug is titrated up starting at one 0.8mg tab daily for 1 week, then 2 (0.8mg) tablets for week 2, then 3 tablets for week 3, then 4 tablets for week 4, then 5 tablets for week 5, then six tablets for week 6 (total 4.8). The limiting factor is nausea at which point the patients will back down the highest tolerated dose and continue on that dose for the remainder of the 6 months of the study.