Does Gliclazide hinder losing weight

[helenpj19]

Hi - I admit I have always have had problems with weight, but back to Slimming World I go and the weight just drops off. However since being diagnosed with type 2 in November 12 and put on 2 x 80 mg Gliclazide per day I just cant lose any weight. Has anyone else found this - I'm DESPERATE to lose weight but just don't know what else to do :roll:

 

[Daibell]

Hi. Gliclazide is known to cause weight gain with some people. This is when the Gliclazide is actually working well and allowing the natural insulin to make use of blood glucose. The solution I'm afraid is to have a diet low in carbs, say below 150gm/day. It may even be possible depending on your diabetes to reduce your sugars thru lower carb intake so that you can reduce your Gliclazide, but try to low-carb first if you aren't already doing so.