Recent Content by DavidGrahamJones

In 1990 Merck pharmaceutical were aware of the muscle pain issues and what was causing it. See Coenzyme Q10 with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors Abstract A pharmaceutical composition and method of counteracting HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor-associated myopathy is disclosed...

Arthritis and diabetes have a lot in common. Almost half of all adults with diabetes—47%—also have arthritis. People with arthritis have a 61% higher risk of developing diabetes than those without this joint disease. Source: Arthritis Foundation.

I quick introduction, I'll look at the questions at the top of this thread a little later on. I'm now 71 and have been type II since 1997. My major problem seems to be Insulin Resistance as blood tests show my pancreas is still working. In the past I've had issues with drugs making my pancreas...

My GP hasn't been involved in physically giving Covid jabs but the surgery is involved with the admin side of things. I used the online system to organise my first two jabs but the surgery told me where to go for the booster. My wife, who goes to a different surgery, used the online system for...

I agree with @Antje77, a c-pep would be very useful probably an insulin resistance test as well. I don't know about all NHS doctors, but mine does not give c-pep tests and I should imagine that's on the basis of cost. I paid for my own and found the results useful. Along with the output from a...

No real difference in BG after several months. I would like to have taken a c-pep and insulin resistance before, during and after a course of Berberine to get a fuller picture. Based on BG alone I'd say Metformin wasn't very effective considering the daily morning phenomena I use to experience...

I took Gliclazide for several years before low carbing. The delay caused by a GP who told me not to reduce carb intake. Fortunately when I did start low carb my pancreas was still producing normal amounts of insulin, but my insulin resistance was not good. The only side effect I noticed was...

If there is something I need to know more about I start with websites similar to diabetes.co.uk and then Google which often goes back to one of the previously mentioned websites. There's information on Youtube but again a quick Google will point to those anyway. Obviously you have to be careful...

Having been type II for 24 years I've only been following a low carb diet for 10 or so years and that's only because I had a GP who told me quite categorically not to lower my carb intake. Lowering my carb intake was the best thing I ever did because at the time I was able to throw away...

Hi, I've been type II since 1997, initially taking things to get my pancreas to make more insulin which was a complete disaster as I just gained loads of weight. It was only when I decided to go low carb and disobey my GP that things got better, I lost weight and controlled my BG quite well with...

If you google something like "Epsom salts bath and diabetes", there will be several opinions to compare. There's even a bit of science but not much.

Boris has proved you wrong? When was that? I have no confidence in his leadership or believe anything he says. So at least that means I'm not getting any surprises. There's still time I suppose. Interesting that Kent Online have reported 3 massive delays in 2 weeks, approaching the Eurotunnel...

? Best Regards Graham

I think the ratio of one to one is inaccurate. A meta analysis of 172 studies across 16 countries and six continents funded by the W.H.O. and printed in The Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext) What they found was the following: The...

Never said it would, I have a visor and I wear glasses. Good grief NO! As for my reference to commentators rather than government I was talking about Spain. As for the U.K. government, they have told so many lies that I wouldn't trust them with a barge pole.