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Anyone else doing his system. Now finished 13 days of very low fat vegan diet. No matter what I did my levels didn't change. my dailys reading averaged 11, very rarely did they go into single figures. 3 days in I showed a 7.3m this has been steadily dropping . this mornings first reading was...

started this 10 days ago. First week constipated, no real change in sugars but a couple of pounds down in weight. Took next one on Friday and had a weekend of stomach cramps and diararea and no change in sugars. Messaged the nurse and was told to stop. Metformin was exactly the same as this and...

I received a letter from my surgery asking me if I would attend a special diabetes clinic. It was sponsored by Takeda producers of Pioglitazone. This would be run by a private health care company. I was dubious to say the least, as a supporter of the NHS I worried my normal diabetes visits where...

I am having real problems maintaining low levels. my numbers have been in the high teens for a week. I am run down with a bit of a cold, it may make a difference as nothing much has changed. I have been averaging 8 and suddenly its gone up to 17. I increased my metaformin despite the stomach...

I was put on slow release metaformin and I am suffering with it. After 3 weeks and feeling **** the doctor decided the dose needed to be doubled (based on blood results). This was at 4, I took 2x half gram tablets at 6 and by 7.30 was stuck in a public toilet for half an hour. the drive home was...

Hi folks. I was diagnosed in January last year. Basically I was going to the toilet every 3 hours, never had anything like it before and went to the doctors. I had very high readings and was quickly sent away for blood tests. I was immediately put on 500mg of metaformin twice a day. 2 weeks...