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For the first time since going on gliclazide, I'm off to a wedding tonight and I plan on having a few beers. I know that gliclazide and alcohol can cause hypos - should I skip tonight's dose? Any advice?

Hi all I was started on gliclazide (after 8 years on metformin) due to a sudden and dramatic increase in BG, around a week ago and although it took a while, it has started to make my levels come down a little (fasting down from 16 to 9 mmol/L). If I take my morning dose with breakfast and...

Over the last few weeks my levels have been creeping up for no discernable reason, going from almost always being between 4 and 8 mmol/L to almost always being 10 - 13 mmol/L with absolutely no change to diet or routine. My hba1C has increased from 5% to 8%. I've been on metformin for 8 years...

How do you find they affect your BGs? One of my favourite comfort foods is a big bowl of ultra-hot chilli with half a tin of kidney beans, and it hardly touches my sugars. Another favourite is tarka dhal made with chana dhal, whole spices and fresh chilli and it's filling and satisfying but...

Hi, this is my first post, and I'm after a little advice. I'm 30 years old and have had type 2 diabetes for 6 years. I'm slightly overweight (13 stone) although I was over 16 when diagnosed. I'm on 1000 metformin twice a day, and follow a relatively low carb diet (most of the time!). My control...