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I took my prescribed dose with my evening meal, then went out and got drunk. I checked my levels before bed and I was sitting happy at 6. Next morning I had the worst hangover since I can't remember! Still feeling it today. Not sure if it may be related to the gliclazide or just my advancing years.

For the first time since going on gliclazide, I'm off to a wedding tonight and I plan on having a few beers. I know that gliclazide and alcohol can cause hypos - should I skip tonight's dose? Any advice?

Okay, well I started off with a BG of 9 this morning, it was 8.5 at lunchtime, 7.2 when I left work and 6.5 after walking the dog. Not as good as a gym day, but half the levels I was at last week.

Today will be pretty typical: 2 poached eggs for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch (grilled chicken with tomato, cucumber, onion, radish and lettuce) then dinner tonight is pork chops with cauliflower and broccoli. That's it!!

Sounds worrying!! I went to be bed night with a BG of 6.2 mmol/L and woke up this morning back up to 9 again. No gym today so I'll see if they rise from there or if the gliclazide will bring them back down.

Hi all I was started on gliclazide (after 8 years on metformin) due to a sudden and dramatic increase in BG, around a week ago and although it took a while, it has started to make my levels come down a little (fasting down from 16 to 9 mmol/L). If I take my morning dose with breakfast and...

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I'm having a bad time of it at the moment and it is hard when there's no one to discuss problems with, or who know how ill/sad/hopeless this disease can make us feel. This is the best place to come for advice and help.

Thanks for the advice - I guess I'll give it a couple of weeks and make another appointment there's no improvement. That said, I checked my BG after walking the dog this afternoon and it had gone down to 8.5.

Over the last few weeks my levels have been creeping up for no discernable reason, going from almost always being between 4 and 8 mmol/L to almost always being 10 - 13 mmol/L with absolutely no change to diet or routine. My hba1C has increased from 5% to 8%. I've been on metformin for 8 years...

I've had a similar problem with my levels - creeping up for no discernable reason, fine from almost always between 4 and 8 mmol/L to almost always being 10 - 13 mmol/L with absolutely no change to diet or routine. My hba1C has increased from 5% to 8%. I've been on metformin for 8 years and have...

I have the same issue - last night, went to bed at 4.5, woke this morning at 7.2. Nothing I do seems to make a difference. I'll be interested to see what you discover! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

6, pretty pleased with that especially as a I had couple of weeks hovering around 20 mmol/L recently! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I'm always told by my DN that I'm testing too often - they recommend twice a week but I test several times a day. My doctor, however, was very pleased that I'm testing so regularly. Although they have just replaced my meter with one that uses cheaper testing strips and lancets, but that's not an...

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