Glicazide

Hi Jane!
You can't find it because you're spelling it wrong. It's "Gliclazide"
You can google it, or look it upon wikipedia
Good luck

 

Re: Gliclazide

I take 40 mg Gliclazide on top of 2550 mg of Metformin and have been taking it for about 18 months. I found that it lowered my fasting levels by 1 - 1.5 mmol/L. As long as you low carb, then it doesn't necessarily mean that you gain weight. I have lost a stone since Christmas by cutting carbs. The downside of gliclazide is that it makes your pancreas work harder and produce more insulin, which isn't necessarily the best thing for your worn out pancreas.

 

Just to confirm what Denise wrote -- I switched to Gliclazide 5 months ago and have actually lost weight since (partly by upping exercise levels). Once your numbers are down, if you can tolerate Metformin it would be better for you overall, though (for the reasons Denise gave).

 

Hi. Although Gliclazide does often cause weight gain it doesn't always and hasn't for me over the years. I think if it does make your pancreas produce more insulin then weight gain is likely. If you have a knackered pancreas like me it has little effect on weight or insulin production

 

Don't worry! My mum always said if my brains were made of dynamite, I still couldn't blow my nose off!