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    Type 2 changed insulin manufacturer

    thank you i thought it was just me
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    Asthma Medication and Weight Gain

    no its not just you i have the same problem Clenil modulite is a steroid Beclometasone dipropionate and i think most steroids make you put weight on, i was using clenil modulite for years and could not work out why i was putting so much weight on until i googled it and stopped using it by then...
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    Type 2 changed insulin manufacturer

    about 4 months ago the insulin i was using became unavailable due to manufacturing problems my diabetes nurse changed me to a new one that was supposed to be the same but made by a different manufacturer anyway i swapped back and forth a few times then stayed on the new one but i am having huge...
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    What is the reading for a Hypo?

    i read the other day that it might be possible for some to have naturally high without having diabetes i use insulin type 2 and i still get hypo at about 5 so i wish that some research would be done to confirm this
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    Sugar in tea and coffee

    try stevia its the only natural plant sweeteners its been used in south america for hundreds of years you can get it in pill or granules like sugar but a lot sweeters
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    Did your GP fail to diagnose diabetes?

    my gp failed me completely he gave me a blood test for diabetes and a few other things in feb 2012 the blood test showed high blood sugar but they did not follow it up and bring me back to double check, i then had another blood test in march 2013 in which they found i had type 2 and it was the...
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    Orlistat

    i used orlistat a few years ago and yes you do get the runs if you eat to much fat, but i lost several stone but it only reduces the fat you eat by 1/3 so a low fat diet you still absorb some fat orlistat does not remove any more than a 3rd of the fat you eat so if you dont reduce the amount of...
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    diabetic medication for type 2

    hi i could really do with some help i have been diagnosed with type 2 about 7 or 8 months and i have tried all the pills ie glicazide, metformin and a couple of others and i have had bad re-actions to them all so i am not on medication and trying to control it with diet alone and struggling, i...
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    metformin serious side effects

    i was diagnosed 21st march with type 2 i was put on metformin slow release after a few days started to have palpitations and irregular heart beat so i stopped them i am taking gliclazide 80mg 3 x aday with no problems, does anybody know of a replacement for the metformin that wont affect my...
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    feeling ill when bg is normal

    i have only been dianosed for about 2 weeks i am sure that i have had type 2 for well over a year i was put on gliclazide 80mg 3 x a day i am finding it difficult to get my bg down to normal but when i do i feel really rough like i am having a hypo and have something sweet like fruit to make me...
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    type 2 late diagnosis

    thanks guys the nurse i saw told me that the test in feb 2012 was 9.7 which i understand is not very high but high enough that i should of had a follow up so i think i will speak to the practice manager and see what they say, they should of said something because i already had angina
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    type 2 late diagnosis

    i found out yesterday that i had a fasting blood test feb 2012 and my bg was high but the doctors surgury did not notify me i dont understand why even the nurse i saw yesterday could not understand why they did not get me back in has anybody else had this sort of problem and should i put a...
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    type 2

    hi thanks for the replies, i had a fasting blood test because they wanted to do my glucose and several other tests as well,my doctor who phoned me told me my bg was 17.9 and that i had type 2 diabetes, i had a appointment next day to see the diabetes nurse i was in there an hour was given a...
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    type 2

    hi i had a blood test tuesday morning and at 9.30pm my doctor phoned me to tell me my BG was extremely high and i have type 2 did not make my day got an appointment with the diabetes nurse tommorow morning, i have no idea what to expect