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<blockquote data-quote="Taliesin" data-source="post: 1592856" data-attributes="member: 233051"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I have fairly poor hypo awareness so I was changed from 4x 80mg gliclazide to 2 x 500mg metformin five years ago. Yes, it causes a little gastric distress, but I've taken drugs that have caused way more distress and got through it. It's useful for me because of my low hypo awareness (I once tested after walking the dogs when on 4x 80mg gliclazide and, yes, I was shaky, but <em><strong>1.1</strong></em>??? I'm now on 1000mg metformin twice a day with a single 80mg gliclazide which I take in the morning. Where my overnight BG was dictates when breakfast is. I think I have a little GI distress from the metformin still, but with my Rx it's difficult to tell. My rule with any new drug is unless I show one of the "get to the hospital NOW" symptoms, I take it no matter what and live with what it throws at me. After a month I contract to do two months and so on. After three months or so, life with the new drug has become the new normal...</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Taliesin, post: 1592856, member: 233051"] [FONT=Arial]I have fairly poor hypo awareness so I was changed from 4x 80mg gliclazide to 2 x 500mg metformin five years ago. Yes, it causes a little gastric distress, but I've taken drugs that have caused way more distress and got through it. It's useful for me because of my low hypo awareness (I once tested after walking the dogs when on 4x 80mg gliclazide and, yes, I was shaky, but [I][B]1.1[/B][/I]??? I'm now on 1000mg metformin twice a day with a single 80mg gliclazide which I take in the morning. Where my overnight BG was dictates when breakfast is. I think I have a little GI distress from the metformin still, but with my Rx it's difficult to tell. My rule with any new drug is unless I show one of the "get to the hospital NOW" symptoms, I take it no matter what and live with what it throws at me. After a month I contract to do two months and so on. After three months or so, life with the new drug has become the new normal...[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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