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I work a shift pattern of 4 on then 4 off. I do 2 early shifts 7 am until 7pm then 2 night shifts 7pm until 7am. I take 80mg of simvastatin to be taken in the evening as the medication works better when I am sleeping. My concern is that when working my night shift and taking the said medication...

Diagnosed with diabetes type 2 last March which had been diet controlled until this month. My Doctor has now put me on Metformin 500mg x 3 daily. I have today checked my blood due to the fact for the past 2 days I have been feeling unwell (tired and light headed). The reading for my blood test...

I have checked the strips and they are in date.

For the past 10 months I have been using a Boots BG monitor. Yesterday I started to use a Contour BG monitor. Out of curiosity I decided to do two tests using both models to see if there would be a difference in readings. The Boots BG monitor read 12.2 and the Contour model read 7.9. Is there a...

Diagnosed with diabetes type 2 at the beginning of this year. My doctor says that I do not need to test my blood. Can someone please advise me on the above. Kind regards