Recent Content by StuartR1953

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Hi, Has anyone had any side effects (other than BG changes!) when coming off Gliclazide? I was only on 40mg a day but since coming off it Wednesday just gone I've had severe headaches and I'm having to take the maximum dose of paracetamol just to get by. I don't usually suffer from headaches...

Well 4 days off the gliclazide and remarkably steady readings, mainly in the 5s & 6s with just one 8.2. So, happy with that, assuming it continues that is! However, I've developed stonking headaches like I've never experienced before - just a coincidence? I've not been able to find any reference...

Saw the Diabetic Nurse this morning and after recounting my story and going through my readings for the last 2 months she agreed that I should stop the Gliclazide immediately :clap: . I now have to give it 6 weeks before I get my HbA1C test done again to see if diet & Metformin alone will do...

Thanks for the replies people. I'm seeing the diabetic nurse tomorrow at 11:30 - normal hypo time :D I'm going to ask if I can come off the gliclazide and monitor myself for a month then go back to her. Failing that, get a pill cutter and split (or halve) the dose. I suppose they will stop...

Hi After a period of very poor control (largely my own fault) I was put on 40mg Gliclazide along with the 2,000mg of Metformin I was already on. At the same time I tried to go back on WeightWatchers as this had proved to be a really good diet for me (and my BG readings) in the past. The...