Recent Content by perplexed.paul

I thought I'd give everybody an update on this. The doctor who told my friend to recommence the sitagliptin was the GP at her local surgery, he takes a special interest in diabetes, eventually I was able to persuade to contact her consultant before taking the drug again, she was reluctant as...

Angiodema, exfoliating skin conditions, upper respiratory tract infections and nasopharyngitis are all recognised side effects of sitagliptin therapy. I had the opportunity to discuss this with a pharmacist I know and she could find no reference to anyone developing tolerance to the drug...

I posted sometime ago about my friend who is type 2, at the time she had stopped taking her metformin, due to severe gastro-intestinal side effects, she was getting spikes into the high teens and probably averaging about 9.5/10; her appetite has always been very poor which doesn't help...

Thank you very much for the infomation and advice. I seem to making some progress with eating and will try and implement the other very good advice you've given me, but I think it's very much a case of make haste slowly. Her daughters test results will be available next week and, very...

Thanks for the response. Having just come off the phone with her I have an update, she's admmitted she doesn't take her metformin because it makes her feel ill, and hasn't for months, I tried to persuade her to go and see her nurse or doctor, she said she has an appointment at the end of June...

I wonder if you can help me, I've just been contacted by a close friend who has type II, has been diagnosed for many years and is currently controlled with metfomin, sha has always had very real difficulty in accepting her diabetes and is frightened by it. I have always been concerned by her...