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<blockquote data-quote="bumbles1952" data-source="post: 604994" data-attributes="member: 69157"><p>I too was putting wt on with gliclazide, I raised the issue with nurse during my 12 month review and requested that sitagliptin be prescribed in place of the gliclazide. She advised that NICE recommended the use of gliclizide, I pointed out that gliclizide is not recommended for overweight individuals, which I am. Eventually we got down to the bottom line which was that my particular surgery did not prescribe sitagliptin because of COST and the only way to have it prescribed was on recommendation from the hospital. I was referred at the end of Feb and am still waiting for the appt! I was on one 80mg plus 4 metformin. I had already reduced the gliclazide to half by reducing my carbs my hba1c went up from 41 to 44. From end of feb I have stopped taking it unless I eat a little more carb in which case I will take a dose. My 1c was 45 at the end of may. I have stopped putting wt on and in fact have lost 8lbs but do not find reduced carbs easy. My bg is never lower than 5.3 without the gliclizide, it used to regularly go down to 4 before meals. 2 hours after food I maintain it below the recommended 8.5. It will be interesting to see if your surgery adopt the same stance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bumbles1952, post: 604994, member: 69157"] I too was putting wt on with gliclazide, I raised the issue with nurse during my 12 month review and requested that sitagliptin be prescribed in place of the gliclazide. She advised that NICE recommended the use of gliclizide, I pointed out that gliclizide is not recommended for overweight individuals, which I am. Eventually we got down to the bottom line which was that my particular surgery did not prescribe sitagliptin because of COST and the only way to have it prescribed was on recommendation from the hospital. I was referred at the end of Feb and am still waiting for the appt! I was on one 80mg plus 4 metformin. I had already reduced the gliclazide to half by reducing my carbs my hba1c went up from 41 to 44. From end of feb I have stopped taking it unless I eat a little more carb in which case I will take a dose. My 1c was 45 at the end of may. I have stopped putting wt on and in fact have lost 8lbs but do not find reduced carbs easy. My bg is never lower than 5.3 without the gliclizide, it used to regularly go down to 4 before meals. 2 hours after food I maintain it below the recommended 8.5. It will be interesting to see if your surgery adopt the same stance. [/QUOTE]
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