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  1. cineman

    Type 2 Medication review has changed things, but which drug should I stop?

    Hi. For yonks now I've been on type 2 medication, as well as other stuff. The diabetic medication is slow-release Metformin 2x500mg twice a day, Alogliptin 25mg once a day and Gliclazide 40mg in the morning and 80mg at night. Well I've now been put on Canagliflozin (like Dapagliflozin, only my...
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    Type 2 War between painkillers and Gliclazide.

    Hi, sorry for confusing title. I have recently been put on 40mg Gliclazide daily. I see in the notes, that I cannot take aspirin or Ibuprofen while on them. This is awkward, as I have bad arthritic pain in my hips (as well as other places), that is threatening to stop me performing many daily...
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    Rare test, shock result!

    Hi everyone, I've had much help from people on here in the past, so thought I would just ask for an opinion or two. My diabetes nurse always tells me that I MUSTN'T test myself anymore, as I am on Metformin. Anyway, I like to do the odd test just to be sure, (she would probably have me shot if...
  4. cineman

    Holiday carbs?

    Hi everyone. Sorry to start a new thread, but I find if I just post elsewhere, then I don't normally get an answer. I would just like to post my latest results & ask one more question, if you all wouldn't mind? I have lowered my carbs & the levels are beginning to come down, albeit slowly. I...
  5. cineman

    Readings recently gone way up. Help please?

    Hi everyone. This is my first post. I thought "Oh I'm OK, I don't need a forum to help me!" Huh, well that didn't last long, did it? I am 55 & was diagnosed T2 in 2007, At first I was diet controlled, then I had to have one Metformin a day, then two. Fast forward to now. My last four HBA1C's at...