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Hi Could someone tell me if its correct that my persistent frozen shoulder could be due to type 2 diabetes? I was diagnosed August 2009 after many years of complaining of utter tiredness and memory probs, put on 2000mgs metformin, and three months ago put on 100mgs sitagliptin. I was also...

Re: taking metaformin HI I had the same probs when first on metformin. I was eventually given slow release metformin and probs cleared up. The slow release are more expensive so they test the cheaper ones on people first. Ask for the sr and you should be given them, if you have given the...

Hi Alan You've got to read all your labels. Put back all those foods with more than a crum of sugar. Thats the easy (and hard) bit. As lots of foods come full of carbohydrates (carbs), these are as bad for your blood sugar as sugar, or even worse. As a first step you have to drop...

Hi wolfgang Cereals, milk, toast, rice, and not least jacket potatos are a no no for me. These equal rocket fuel to my bs. In my pre bs days these seemed to be good wholesome foods. Your doing well if you can eat these carbs and control your bs. I...

hi murphy I too had real stomach problems on metformin -pains and running to the loo- I was advised to ask for SLOW RELEASE metformin. These are more expensive than the basic form and thus patients are somewhat tested to see if they can tolerate the cheap stuff. I was told they would settle...