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    Sensor caused nasty bruise, what should I do?

    I've had 2 massive haematomas when placed in the abdomen. I moved to this site after a number of upper arm insertions that caused pain the same day and had to be removed to get any sleep.
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    Jardiance and dry mouth feeling

    I have the same - if I lie on my back, the front of my mouth gets very dry. Good to know it's the Jardiance.
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    Jardiance and dry mouth feeling

    I've been having a dry mouth for some months. Strangely, it's worst if I lie on my back when the front half of my mouth feels extremely dry. Have just been checking the side effects of my various drugs and only Jardiance fits the bill and the onset of symptoms. ,
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    Metformin

    If it doesn’t say any particular time on the label, it’s presumably not important
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    Poor sleep and high BG

    If you want to try it, there's a system where you go to bed at the same time each night, but, for the first few night, you get up after 4 h whether you've slept or not. Then you gradually increase it over about 8 weeks to 7 or 8 h.
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    Metformin SR side effects?

    Forgot to mention the gastric reflux - now take cimetidine for that
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    In need of advice please

    Sounds like you need a new GP
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    Metformin SR side effects?

    I was stuck on 2 x 500 mg normal metformin for 2 years, then started getting frequent liquid diarrhoea and worse fairly often. The nurse finally realised I'd been left on 2 tablets by mistake and increased it to 3 and the diarrhoea instantly got worse. I came off metformin for 10 days and the...
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    Poor sleep and high BG

    Don't know if it helps, but I have high glucose (over 9 mmol) every morning. It might be the dawn effect where your liver spits out lots of glucose early morning. However, I do have weird sleep, with about 4 times more REM (dreaming sleep) than normal, measured on a proper machine that measures...
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Mine's always high on a morning at over 9 mmo/l after no food for 14 h. Think it must be this dawn effect where your liver spits out lots of glucose early morning. Am on metformin. Forgot to say I also have a weird sleep pattern with 4 x more REM (dreaming sleep) than normal (measured on a...
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