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I have been taking gliclazide with my breakfast. My waking bs is around 6 or 7. Could I take my gliclazide in the evening instead?

just starting glyclaside today. rwally good reduction in bs level first day. fingers crossed no reaction like with metformin. bit alarmed that may cause weight GAIN. any tips? will the low carb diet lessen this effect?

I notice that the Diabetes UK shop sells cinnamon supplements so I could buy it in the UK now. I am hust wondering if there are adverse effects from taking Cinnamon - should I have a break now and then? Is the dose critical?

ok i admit it. I am a doctor with diabetes 2 but know nothing about metformin. when i was first diagnosed hba1c 48 i was given metformin. after a month the hba1c showed no change and the dose was doubled. this made me vomit. i stopped it. a year later the hba1c hsd gone a lot higher. 60 i had...

I am attempting to keep to a low carb diet and certainly feel better in myslf. Howrver my hba1c has not reduced sufficiently ans so i have been strarted on metformin slow release. when i had the ordinary metfomin 2 years ago it made me vomit so it was stopped as my hba1c was lôw 40s. it then...

I am keen to follow the low carb diet but get confused as NHS advice from the dietician is still to eat carbs. I was losing weight but have stuck. I know wheat products give me indigestion so there is good incentive to avoid them. Unfortunately so do salad products especially lettuce which...

I have had borderline high fasting blood sugars for a least 20 years and inconclusive GTTs. As far as I knew I had never had an HbA1c done until I went to a private health screening clinic last year and was told it was 52% and I should see my GP. It was repeated at 53% and so I was told I...