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Hi Annie T Don't panic I'm also newly diagnosed in January and I'm still getting to grips with it all. I was on metformin but had side effects so on sitagliptin now I'm only three days into it and my sugars have gone up again but I'm on a low carb diet and hopefully my sugars will drop. I test...

Hi susiebabs That sounds really promising and sounds like your doing really well too well done. I just need to get a hold of it now only newly diagnosed so got plenty to learn yet. Thanks for the help x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi Denise I got my machine on prescription and was told yestaday I would be having a new one as they are cheaper on testing strips . Postcode lottery what a disgrace it really does annoy me no one should be treated any different over a **** postcode . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi quick question Sorry for butting in but do you live in the uk ? I found out I was diabetic in January this yr and I was given a free monitor to check my bloods by the gp and also given a medical exception card so all my prescriptions are free. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm being spoilt as...

Hi merrymax69 I was on the mr metformin yes side affects were as you described but also had excruciating pain with it and it was dropping my blood pressure so always felt faint they reduced me to 500 mr for a week but my bs rose upto there twenties again and as soon as I started 1000 again my...

Re: Stigagliptin Thanks for the help start the new dose tomorrow metformin only reduced my bs from twenties down to 15-18 and I suffered side effects that's why they didn't want to increase it anymore . So I'm hoping this works . Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all I was diagnosed in January and started on metformin 1g once a day today my nurse has started me on stigagliptin and I wondered if anyone else was on this as I was told its a relatively new medication and I was wanting to know what people thought of it ? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App