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You learn something new every day don't you? For me it was an accidental discovery. I've stopped the antibiotics for a few days and my blood glucose levels have gone back to my "normal" levels. So instead of being about 3.8 pre breakfast, they're now a more usual 6.6 so the antibiotics can...

Good thought but I don't think that can be it because I did say my normal blood glucose and not recent ones since I've had the condition for which I'm taking the antibiotics. The antibiotics seem to have reduced my blood glucose by about 4.0 from what they are normally, I just thought I might...

I've been on more courses of antibiotics than I care to remember recently but one thing I have noticed is that my blood glucose is lower than normal when I'm taking them. Can this be correct? And is it an easy way to lower your blood glucose I wonder?

I'm currently on Lantus and Novorapid. The consultant at the hospital clinic wanted me to change over to Byetta - until I found out that it wasn't liscensed for patients on insulin, so I refused to change. Whether that's right or wrong or not, I don't know but I personally would rather be...

I took Metformin and had to stop it because of severe diarrhoea (I have IBS). I was going to the loo more than 10 times day and night. Then my elderly mother was put on Metformin (she didn't need to lose any weight). She got the funny food taste, the metallic taste and, in the end, was...