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Hi and welcome back. When I first started on Byetta in 2007 I was put on 4mg Amaryl until the combined effect of the two brought my blood sugars down, then the Amaryl was dropped to 2mg, then 1mg, then half a 1mg tablet if it started to creep up again. It took about 18months to get off the...

That's true - provided they contain caffeine, which unfortunately most energy drinks do. My response was about Ribena, which doesn't. Dennis

It looks delicious - but have you worked out how much carbohydrate there is per roll or per slice? Dennis

There's a good article on diabetes and memory loss on this website. Here's a link http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-comp ... -loss.html Dennis

Personally I use cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and they don't seem to affect my blood sugar at all. There was a very recent study done (13th June) that showed that 4 people out of 1445 (0.28%) experienced increased blood sugar when taking cetirizine. Of the 4 only one has diabetes. This...

Hi Mickey That is true of some sugar free drinks but I am pretty certain you will find all the Ribena "no added sugar" range use a mix of aspartame and acesulfame as a sweetening agent. Both of these have zero carbs so cannot raise blood sugar and have no laxative effect. You're probably...

Hello astrablue and welcome to the forum. Really you shouldn't think of sugars as being separate from carbohydrates. Sugar is a carbohydrate, and like all other carbs it converts into blood glucose. Its just that sugar converts quicker than most other carbohydrates. One of the things you...

Hi and welcome to the forum. The guidelines from the manufacturers (Novo Nordisk) say: "Before using Victoza®, tell your doctor about all the medicines you take, especially sulfonylurea medicines or insulin, as taking them with Victoza® may affect how each medicine works. Your risk for getting...

Hi Jackie, I would guess your daughter is Type 1 as it would be unusual for a 9 year old to be type 2. It could be she just fancies something different - cereals are often quite sweet, even with no sugar added, so does she have a preference for savoury things over sweet ones? As well as the...

Hi Sugardaddy Have a look at this website. http://www.phlaunt.com/diabetes/17561156.php The link will give you a lot of information about the dawn effect but the whole website is an absolute mine of useful diabetes information. Dennis

A suggestion for anyone who wears specs and is not getting the service they would wish for from NHS is to look for an optician who has the retinopathy testing equipment. I believe that most branches of Specsavers offer this when you go for a sight test. Dennis

Thanks Kansenji, you beat me to it! Just an update on this. The fault is only present in a limited number of monitors. These are: OneTouch Verio Pro (serial numbers that start with RA, RB, RC, RD or RE) and the OneTouch Verio IQ (serial numbers that start with TA or TB) If any of our...

Hi diddly, Diabetic sweets is a billion dollar industry so the fact that they happen to be good for no-one ain't going to stop it rolling. Nice try though!! Dennis

Hi Milehouse, Very good advice from Nomistheman. If I can just add one thing - although we are often advised to test 2 hours after eating, I find this can be very misleading. Some foods are low GI, so take much longer for carb to convert to blood glucose (often more than 2 hours), some are...

Hi Sachishah, In addition to Gemma's comment, the so-called diabetic chocolates can actually be bad for diabetics because people believe they can eat more. Its true they don't contain sugar, but instead they are sweetened with sugar-alcohol - usually maltitol or sorbitol. Its not just sugar...

Hi Ben I'm afraid you made some common mistakes in the carbs calculation. Eggs (hard or soft) contain about ½g carb each, so 1.5g for 3. Eggs are often quoted as zero carbs because many of the carb tables count anything below 1g as zero. Milk has 12g carbs per half pint (250ml) Smoked salmon -...

I agree that you won't go far wrong with Amex in terms of service. They are after all an American company and they do customer service really well. Unlike too many British insurers who's main aim seems to be finding more and more ingenious ways of ripping off their customers. However, this...

Hi Bernie and welcome. I used to live at Sywell a few years ago. Dennis

Hi Cheryl, I think I would have been inclined to answer yes to that one, on the basis that they are probably trying to establish whether you are monitored by a health professional (whether in a surgery or hospital clinic is immaterial). From what you have told us I would say that the company...