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dawny1958

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Hi
I recently started on Gliclazide (On 3 Metformin)
and have had an allergic reaction to it, Hands and Arms covered in Lumps and
very itchy and sore, Dr has obs taken me straight off of it and I'm to use cream and Tabs for the skin, Any ideas what the next step may be ?
I've been told to increase Metformin to 4 a day , I'm type 2 and feeling quite low, I dragged myself to work today, Thank goodness it's Friday, Thanks for reading
 
dawny1958 said:
Hi
I recently started on Gliclazide (On 3 Metformin)
and have had an allergic reaction to it, Hands and Arms covered in Lumps and
very itchy and sore, Dr has obs taken me straight off of it and I'm to use cream and Tabs for the skin, Any ideas what the next step may be ?
I've been told to increase Metformin to 4 a day , I'm type 2 and feeling quite low, I dragged myself to work today, Thank goodness it's Friday, Thanks for reading
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Have you changed your diet at all? As T2's, we can't process carbs properly. Not just sugars, but starches too. They all turn to glucose once ingested, even if they didn't start out that way. https://josekalsbeek.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-nutritional-thingy.html is my own quick start guide. I did horribly on metformin (which doesn't do anything about what you ingest, just tells your liver not to dump so much glucose) and looked for something else. In the meantime I was put on gliclazide (which forces the pancreas to secrete more insulin) instead, but lo and behold... Three months after my diagnosis and struggles with medication, I was in the normal range and medication free. The statins for my cholesterol were gone too. So all in all... If you're not doing anything to change what is causing the high blood sugars in the first place, they're going to keep throwing medication at you. Which in all likelyhood, if you change your diet, you can do without and still be in the normal range.

If you have more questions, throw them out there!
Good luck,
Jo
 
Hi. Gliclazide is normally very well tolerated but may not be the best approach if you are a 'true' T2. I say that as T2s will normally have excess insulin due to insulin resistance and Gliclazide will make the body add to that. If you have excess weight then a low-carb diet should help rather than Gliclazide. There are other tablets if needed and if weight isn't the issue.
 
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