Recent Content by pymlar

I have read with interest about the anger and temper turns with high blood suger. At the risk of being controversial I wonder how many of you are taking the drugs in the family of gliclazide, most of which I cannot name. I had been taking this diabetic drug since 1999. There is a distinct...

The question was "What will increasing metformin dosage accomplish". I know that if your optimum reading is 5.- 6.5 increasing your metformin dosage will mean that you will need to increase the carbs taken in. As you say you are on low carbs, but you do have carbs. The questioner also...

Many thanks, point taken.

If anyone can see any problems with my overall medication, please give me a message.

I saw the Endocrinologist last week and they are very pleased with my bloods taken three weeks ago, and he has not adjusted my dosage at all. Unless I have need of seeing him in the next six months I will be seen on the 2nd June. I can see the nurses at any time I wish and am seeing the...

I am sorry not to be more specific. The gliclizide stopped when I began the Victoza. This I take as one 1.2 injection per day. The largest dose is 1.8, so we still have some in reserve, but part of the fight is that it is approximately £78 per 0.6 does so costs £156 at present for me...

Sugarless Sue - The only thing I was taking with metformin was Gliclizide 80 x 4 daily. The plus side to victoza is that it suits me, very little in the way of side effects, except that I have lost 10 kilos, 22 lbs since starting with it without having to put in a great deal of effort...

I have been taking metformin in the amount of 3 x850 per day for the last 10/12 years. I have now been given victoza as well as my sugar reading was between 10 and 25 with no real reason following 3 operations for breast cancer ( now clear, thank you). My understand of nutrition is that if you...