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Anyone on glimepiride?

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MNawaz2

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
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Diet only
Just started glimepiride today. Felt very nervous because nurse was saying i can experience hypo's sometimes. After 3 hours of taking the tablet my blood sugar went from 8.6 to 4.9, which made me more nervous. Need some support. Anyone else on glimepiride? Do you suffer from hypo's?
 
I have just started Glimepiride this morning and 12:30pm I felt a bit clammy and shaky, I took my bloods and I was 2.8. I chewed a glucose tablet and ate an apple and started to feel better. I then had some lunch. I'm hoping that's a glitch and I will be ok.
 
MNawaz2 said:
Just started glimepiride today. Felt very nervous because nurse was saying i can experience hypo's sometimes. After 3 hours of taking the tablet my blood sugar went from 8.6 to 4.9, which made me more nervous. Need some support. Anyone else on glimepiride? Do you suffer from hypo's?
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Yes I use glimepiride and I always feel hypo. I used 3mg twice daily
 
On it as well, but minimal dose. Had to argue with doc to halve the medication of this & Metformin, but don't seem to have experienced any massive lows. It was a vast improvement over glicizide, which is what I was on before. That drug nearly killed me with it's side effects.
 
Animalal said:
I have just started Glimepiride this morning and 12:30pm I felt a bit clammy and shaky, I took my bloods and I was 2.8. I chewed a glucose tablet and ate an apple and started to feel better. I then had some lunch. I'm hoping that's a glitch and I will be ok.
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How are you getting on now?
 
I've been on Glimepiride for over two year now, I've an active life, not overweight and never smoked, diabetes is in the genes!
Never had a problem with Glimepiride, lowest level has been 5 and that's after heavy exercise, I take it once a day in the morning
 
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