Dr Bernstein explains this. If a diabetic has to have his/her feet cut off, or goes blind or dies of kidney failure, his/her doctor can just point to the "known" fact that diabetics do deteriorate and develop these complications. No fault of the doctor. If however the diabetic hypos and dies, the doctor can be blamed and sued. Therefore, much safer to oblige the diabetic to keep his/her levels way above anywhere a hypo could possibly occur. Safer for the doctor, that is.
I think it was the ACCORD study. It was later exposed as completely misleading. The figures had been fraudulently manipulated. A retraction and apology was published in a prominent medical journal, but sadly the retraction has been forgotten and the research continues to be cited.Do you have a link to this research? I’d be interested to read it
Hello bamba. Snap! I'm T2 and was issued with a meter and strips when I was prescribed Gliclizide, due to the risk of hypos, after being refused them for all the years I was only on Metformin. I had quite a few hypos due to reducing my carbs and had to have my dose reduced. So yes type 2's definitely do have hypos. I was interested to read that you had been told to stop taking it when your levels went down to 5/6. ( Well done!) No-one has given me that advice. Best wishes.
True, but she made a useful contribution. Should that be excluded?
T2 research would be more useful / relevant outside of the T1 sub-forum. But if posted here (T1 sub forum) it is helpful to flag that you're talking non T1 research, issues, etc.
I have been attacked by T1s for posting on a thread that was not on the T1 sub Forum. What I posted was not irrelevant to the OP and included referring them to that stalwart T1 Dr Bernstein. I can understand that as a minority T1s resent intrusion by T2s onto their territory, especially if it results in advice being given that is not appropriate. However IMO anyone looking to criticise someone else's post should take care at least to read it carefully first. I have the impression that some T1s may be a touch trigger happy. By contrast I don't think I have ever seen a T2 objecting to a T1's contribution to any thread or Forum.
Even if a contribution is irrelevant, it should be taken in good faith; and if it is suggesting something unwise or dangerous, it should just be corrected. Part of the learning process for us all.
The leaflet that comes with Metformin advises strongly against drinking more than a very little alcohol while taking it. I believe the two together can lower bg a lot. Maybe that might account for the apparent hypos you heard about.
