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Zafatek is a once a week oral diabetes treatment ! ONCE A WEEK! When I lived in Japan before returning to the UK just prior to the C-Flu outbreak I was prescribed it. Diabetes treatment in Japan included a monthly trip to have your bloods done. During which they do not just test for one or two...

I'll have to try that! The Glucose Goddess recommends "dressing your carbs in cloths" by that she means adding things like protein to carbs to dampen the spike of the sugar rush.

Thanks for the bread tips, I'll try those.

It was my GP who told me not to totally exclude carbs from my diet because they were needed.So go figure ! I think we can all agree that low carb is the way to go though.

That's interesting. The Glucose Goddess is a advocate for lowering the spike. She advocates a tablespoon or two of Apple Cider Vinegar with mothers in a glass of water before a meal, it worked on her as she wore a glucose metre for quite some time to plot the effects on blood sugar of various...

So, I was told ages ago to switch out white bread for brown. I found a brown I liked and did just that. Now it seems my blood sugar is spiked by the bread I switched to and have to find an alternative. What a minefield! Wholemeal, whole grain, protein bread, bread with bird seeds in it. I know...

As an aside, I hope your GP made you fully aware of the side effects of dapagliflozin! I was prescribed it and the GP told me of one horrifying side effect. I refused to take it. As with all drugs you are prescribed, look at the list of side effects and decide for yourself if you are prepared...

Information is power! Understanding leads to empowerment, so thanks for relating your experience, it helps me build a picture of "normal"

;) The comment was tongue in cheek, but thanks for recounting your personal experience with that.

Liver training eh? I don't suppose alcohol can be used for that ;) I did take some consecutive early readings to confirm the Dawn Syndrome, mine seems fine at 4am, but starts to rise after 5am. I keep a fairly detailed "food diary" of morning and evening readings, food consumed, sleep quality...

Sadly Robaxacet Extra strength is not available in the UK. Sorry to hear that you have so much pain and for so long.

No food after 17:00 eh? That's a tough one for me because due to one thing or another I usually end up eating at 19:00. I'll see if I can pull that back to 18:00. Cheers

I see, well thanks for the information. It would have been nice for my GP to have explained it like that. Having gone from between 11 and 13.5's down to between 5.5 and 7.5 I was concerned about what seemed to me to be a high spike with zero food input.

Hello you fine people My bloods sugar rises during the night when it should be falling !!! A bit of Web digging turns up "a little understood" phenomenon called Dawn Syndrome. The advice is the "speak to your healthcare professional" BUT! When I spoke to my doctor, she dismissed it as "normal"...

Sorry for being so late to the party. I am in a similar position to the OP, which is why I was looking for the answer to the NSAID vs Gliclazide question. Upon prescribing Gliclazide my GP told me she was not happy to continue my Indometacin which I had been on for 14 years without any issue (I...