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Nope, not a whisper in the piece about lifestyle but did you read the comments below the article? There are a couple that that made me scratch my head, especially the first comment. The Daily Fail Rides Again!
 
Ah, the Wail Online.... My favourite 'exercise' for blood pressure. Yup, the usual head-scratching at the comments, @Guzzler! (Although I confess I only looked at a few of the top ones) And the top-rated comment, with this at the end 'All that's needed is a bit of will power'. raised it a bit more. A subtle sneer at those who are struggling to come to terms with a difficult lifestyle change? Which goes hand-in-hand with the hackneyed phrase 'eat less, move more' trotted out on every article about weight loss/diet etc. If I remember rightly, there was an article about keto diets recently but it was connected to one of those Kardashian creatures and therefore got lost in the translation.....

Edited to take out @ thingy.
 
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I followed the Daily Wail link and immediately got a pop up telling me Id won all manner of things and to click on a link to claim - obviously I didnt but the only way I could get rid of it was to uninstall then reinstall Chrome
 
Boo1979 said:
Beware
I followed the Daily Wail link and immediately got a pop up telling me Id won all manner of things and to click on a link to claim - obviously I didnt but the only way I could get rid of it was to uninstall then reinstall Chrome
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Lucky you! I just got the daily mail website...
 
bulkbiker said:
Lucky you! I just got the daily mail website...
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Im obviously double blessed- I got both! The Daily Wail site overlaid with a pop up taking up half the screen and neither of them would move
 
I wonder if negative posts on here about Metformin contribute to their none taking?

Some people do need it for other than diabetes too. So not just us diabetics.
However, they don't get mentioned in the article.
They try and condem us because we are easy targets.
ND literature plays straight into their hands too.
"Just get on 600cals diet and sort your diabetes" they will be saying soon.
Only trouble for me is I'd stay on it or stop eating altogether. Then malnutrition in 2018 will be the headlines instead with plenty of deaths due to diabetes!!!

These journals end up with similiar diseases and cannot cope after they're own onslaught in previous yrs.
I've known City people to commit suicide after "getting it wrong".
Silly bods.

Very silly as so many diabetics now.
This is where this forum is great for holding us all up. No matter how their diabetes is being managed.
 
Remember it is quick to sign up and comment on that aritcle, more comments including words like "low carb" are needed, so that readers know what to google.

I wonder how much the negitive experance people are having with Metformin is due to it not being explained to them about slowly increasing the dose, and taking it with meal. Along with a need to know that the side effect normaly stops after a few weeks. Just how much money could the NHS save if an expernced person took 20 minutes to explain it to people before they were given the prescription. (It does not need to be a doctor.)
 
They should do an article about the statistics on statins if any research has been done. I bet they'd see similar numbers.
 
Jo_the_boat said:
No mention of the 'alternative' lifestyle treatment!
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Interesting. I tried to find the original article and I haven't got to it yet.

My one question would be "If one in three people aren't taking their Metformin, surely that would be reflected in the regular HbA1c blood tests?" If that were the case, the GPs would be prescribing other drugs along with Metformin.

I've only recently had an interesting conversation with my GP about prescription drugs not being taken. She mentioned that on any home visit, usually to an elderly person, she will see signs of unopened prescription drugs. She has to be a detective because sometimes not taking their prescribed drugs is why they're ill.

It's like my MIL refusing to take statins, but not telling her GP and wondering why he kept prescribing higher doses until he worked out that she wasn't taking them. She's now 90, why should she?

I wish I hadn't read some of the replies. Lots of messages from people who think we're all the same.
 
As has been said, if people were told why the drugs have been prescribed they would surely be more likely to take them? A simple sentence somewhere along the lines of 'This medicine will help your liver but you must address your sugar intake' and possibly an A5 printout of simple guidelines.

Dr. David Unwin gives all his info to newly diagnosed T2s on an A4 sheet and has seen, as we know, marvellous results and has saved the NHS thousands of pounds. If we are given information alongside medication it can only mean we at least have been informed. Gone are the days that doctors orders were strictly adhered to.
 
ringi said:
Remember it is quick to sign up and comment on that aritcle, more comments including words like "low carb" are needed, so that readers know what to google.

I wonder how much the negitive experance people are having with Metformin is due to it not being explained to them about slowly increasing the dose, and taking it with meal. Along with a need to know that the side effect normaly stops after a few weeks. Just how much money could the NHS save if an expernced person took 20 minutes to explain it to people before they were given the prescription. (It does not need to be a doctor.)
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That's what the practice diabetes nurse is suppose to do and of course advise, read the info leaflet!
 
DavidGrahamJones said:
Interesting. I tried to find the original article and I haven't got to it yet.

My one question would be "If one in three people aren't taking their Metformin, surely that would be reflected in the regular HbA1c blood tests?" If that were the case, the GPs would be prescribing other drugs along with Metformin.

I've only recently had an interesting conversation with my GP about prescription drugs not being taken. She mentioned that on any home visit, usually to an elderly person, she will see signs of unopened prescription drugs. She has to be a detective because sometimes not taking their prescribed drugs is why they're ill.

It's like my MIL refusing to take statins, but not telling her GP and wondering why he kept prescribing higher doses until he worked out that she wasn't taking them. She's now 90, why should she?

I wish I hadn't read some of the replies. Lots of messages from people who think we're all the same.
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I have a great story too.
My older gp says to patients "take your medicine or you'll die". Wow a strong message, or what?
 
Asprin had similiar bad press but then it was proven they made certain strokes worse. Apparently the kind of strokes we diabetics are prone too.
Asprin isnt given to diabetic lightly!
However was handed out as freely as statins and gave me pins and needles. I was glad to stop asprin in 2006 when I discovered I was pregnant on metformin after nearly 2 decades of infertility.
Forgive me if I'm a bit star struck by metformin. It saved me thousands in ivf again costs!
 
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