Being put on insulin

[Jaxx01]

IF, and it's a big IF, I get put on insulin on Monday...Will they stop my gliclazide? or will I have to take both :/

 

[novorapidboi26]

it depends on what insulin you will be put on..............

being type 2 you may still be producing your own insulin and you may be going on a longer acting insulin to help out. And so you might still be relying on your own insulin to deal with meal times.

As Gliclazide helps produce more of your own insulin, you might need to still use it......

just an educate though.......

 

[Jaxx01]

The gliclazide is useless, it's not lowering my levels at all so hoping they will just take me off them z

 

[novorapidboi26]

you could speculate then that your own insulin production is very low or non existent because of the poor performance of the Glic, and in that case there would be no point keeping you on it..........

you would then likely be put on a mixed insulin or MDI.........

I am sure your team, who know more about the specifics of your Diabetes, will make the right decisions.................

 

[chancellors]

I was on both, but I increased my insulin to get my levels down to a good level and now I'm weaning myself off the tablets, I was on 320mg and I reduced to 80mg in the morning.