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I’m one of the lucky ones, definitely on the real thing but on a 7mg dose because 14mg gave me hypos. I was only a little overweight but couldn’t eat any carbs without gaining weight and my HbA1c kept rising despite Metformin. In the three month run in period I lost the extra stone and went back...

@tioca I’m so sorry your GP isn’t being cooperative… totally empathise with your situation. Surely you could just stop the trial anyway if they would prescribe this drug for you? So shortsighted not to take your overall wellbeing into consideration. I’m sure it’s all about costs not clinical...

Hi @tioca and @AllieRainbow . I started my trial on 1st Jan and during the three months run-in period I lost the “last stone” that I had been struggling to shift for twenty years. I was 59 and slightly overweight with reasonably well controlled type 2. My CGM immediately went down to mostly in...

Eek, bad luck, hope things settle down again!

Yes, thanks @AllieRainbow I will wait and see what happens at randomisation. So far the worst side effect for me is the crippling bone achy fatigue which means some days I can barely do anything let alone lift weights and do all the other exercise that I aim to do to maintain muscle mass. And...

Thanks @AllieRainbow this is really interesting. I am also on a low carb diet and do loads of exercise…. For years this was enough to keep my HbA1c in the forties but then post menopause it started to creep up no matter how carefully I ate. So I have been on Metformin for a couple of years which...

Hi @Katy56 how did your appointment go? I’m currently still on 7mg run in phase and it’s working quite well for me apart from some mild nausea and overwhelming fatigue…. BS right down and I have lost a few pounds. Not far off ideal weight. Don’t really want to increase this dose so interested to...