Recent Content by SweetGuy

Well I am taking 2x1000mg Metformin SR (Glugophage) and there has been no suggestion of changing it.

There was a piece in the Daily Telegraph a while ago. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12017112/Worlds-first-anti-ageing-drug-could-see-humans-live-to-120.html I have been on the max dose of metformin for years so I should be good for 150 LOL.

Unfortunately in the UK being diagnosed as diabetic in itself has no bearing on whether you receive free dental treatment or not. Free treatment is only if you receive means tested state benefits or have a certified very low income and limited savings. I have had endless dental problems since...

I have recently started on this and stopped taking Victoza. Main side-effect is thirst/frequent weeing lol. I get a bit of craving for sugary drinks.

I think the people at the Department of Health think it is sorted out. The latest NICE Guidelines Dec 2015 say that Type 2s who are not taking medication that is likely to cause hypoglycaemia should not be routinely prescribed test strips.

Anyone had any adverse symptoms when stopping with Victoza? I have been off it nearly a week now and feel a bit depressed.

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng28 .

A few years ago I attended a talk by a Paediatric Diabetes Consultant and she said that the very small number of Type 2s she had in her clinic were exclusively of Indian Subcontinent ethnicity and that T2 was almost unknown amongst children of European ethnicity.

Anyone taking or a got any thoughts on Victoza? I started on it just over a week ago and had no bad side-effects so far. But I have been bit worried about all the negative stuff written about it on the internet.

I have been injecting Victoza for just over a week. The anxiety of thinking about starting to inject was a lot worse than actually doing it. When you realise you can hardly feel it and there no blood or anything it is really nothing.

Type 1.5 is a casual name for Latent autoimmune diabetes of adults (LADA). It is full explained here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_autoimmune_diabetes_of_adults

9.4 :( unfortunately. In the past few months mine has suddenly increased from around 7 which it has been for about the last 5 years. I'm on 2g Metformin and 100mg Sitagliptin a day.

7.4% is near the borderline level for escalating your treatment to stuff you inject. They will usually try you on Sulphonyreas if you are not too overweight. Victoza and Byetta which you inject are also tried now as alternatives to Insulin for type 2s. I am in much the same position as you...

Re: Sitalgliptin Well not a spectacular success no. It has improved things a bit but not by enough really.

Are you taking other diabetic meds and what sort of numbers have you got with it? I've been on Sitagliptin for few months now with metformin which I was already taking and the improvement in BG has been a bit disappointing. I have also been gettin a bit of runny nose and sneezes which I think...