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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 1742106" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>How many grams of carbs does your mum have in a day, including fruit? Has her eating regime changed recently, with a drop in carbs and fruit?</p><p></p><p>The fewer carbs, the less insulin is needed. Gliclazide forces the pancreas to produce extra insulin. She is likely to hypo if too much insulin is being produced for the carbs eaten. </p><p></p><p>Did mum have an insulin production test before the Glic was prescribed? This would either be a fasting insulin test or a c-peptide test. I doubt she had. I'm afraid doctors just keep on prescribing pills that force the pancreas to produce more and more, when it already produces enough. If the pancreas is producing enough of its own accord, the Glic will be too strong a drug.</p><p></p><p>To answer your question, some drugs can be cut in half safely, but others can't because of the distribution of the active ingredients. A pharmacist would tell you. (doctors possibly won't have a clue) However, you shouldn't attempt it without speaking to her doctor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 1742106, member: 94045"] How many grams of carbs does your mum have in a day, including fruit? Has her eating regime changed recently, with a drop in carbs and fruit? The fewer carbs, the less insulin is needed. Gliclazide forces the pancreas to produce extra insulin. She is likely to hypo if too much insulin is being produced for the carbs eaten. Did mum have an insulin production test before the Glic was prescribed? This would either be a fasting insulin test or a c-peptide test. I doubt she had. I'm afraid doctors just keep on prescribing pills that force the pancreas to produce more and more, when it already produces enough. If the pancreas is producing enough of its own accord, the Glic will be too strong a drug. To answer your question, some drugs can be cut in half safely, but others can't because of the distribution of the active ingredients. A pharmacist would tell you. (doctors possibly won't have a clue) However, you shouldn't attempt it without speaking to her doctor. [/QUOTE]
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