Two years ago I weighed 25st and was on insulin. At my request i go off it by controlling my diet better, reducing weight to 23st and taking one Glicazide per day. That worked well for a while but when my sugar was going upagain through poor diet control I was put on 2 Glicazide and every was fine. I then joined weight watchers and my weight is now 21st 7lb and my sugar consistently around 6. Suddenly the goal I was always seeking is wrong and the diabetic nurse wants a higher figure and stopped both Glicazide pills. This seems dangerous to me. I would have thought the best approach would be to cut back to one and then if all was still okay stop the other but she wasn't interested in my point of view and stopped the Glicazide on my repeats. Is it just my surgery that suddenly wants higher readings or is this some new national revision of safe levels? I have never been Hyper or Hypo.
Surgery wants higher blood sugar results
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walnut_face
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Not aware of any changes
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html
You seem to be comfortably in the range. You do not say if this is fasting readings or otherwise. I have no experience of the impact of Glicazide, to know what you might expect.
There are two course open to you as I see it.
Either seek the opinion of another HCP eg your GP, and express your concerns or,
Reduce you carb intake, and if you are able increase exercise
Either way keep testing, and as is often stated in these forums
"EAT TO YOUR METER"
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html
You seem to be comfortably in the range. You do not say if this is fasting readings or otherwise. I have no experience of the impact of Glicazide, to know what you might expect.
There are two course open to you as I see it.
Either seek the opinion of another HCP eg your GP, and express your concerns or,
Reduce you carb intake, and if you are able increase exercise
Either way keep testing, and as is often stated in these forums
"EAT TO YOUR METER"
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Bizarre - I'm on Gliclizide - 40mg twice a day. Together with weight loss and exercise (and if I eat carbs in the evening), I have a fasting reading on the morning from anywhere between 3.8 and 5.8. My lower readings tend to be when I have had carbs such as bread the night before. I believe the way that the drug works is to increase insulin production. Your nurse saying that your levels should be higher seems very odd. Wonder if she needs some retraining? Either way I think I'd say to have a chat to your doctor - sometimes these nurses don't always know what they are talking about (and that's no way derisive of the nursing profession - it's just they are not medically qualified doctors).
I've never had any hypos. I usually only test once but currently testing 2/3 times because I am running at a higher level without the Glicazide. My last Hba1c result was just over 6. The previous one had been over 8 hence 2 Glicazide instead of 1. Before Xmas I was checking in the mornings only and sometimes getting results in the mid 5s.
