Hi all,
I now have a probable diagnosis of MODY (HN1 or something) and have been started on gliclizide MR once a day. A few questions though that have come up since leaving clinic:
- Apparently one of the side effects is weight gain... I know this is vain but this really really freaks me out. I don't mind gaining back the weight I've lost but gaining it for no reason for the rest of my life, ugh. Have any of you had experience with gliclazide? Did you gain weight? How can I prevent this?
- One of the potential downsides is that hypos can apparently occur. Are these likely to be frequent? Or pretty much a non-occurrence?
- I can get my prescription free the pharmacist said? How do I go about this?!
Thanks so much for all your help. I'm relieved to be nearer an actual answer, even if it does dash my hopes that actually this isn't diabetes at all. But I have learnt from this board that diabetes isn't a death sentence
Fleur
I now have a probable diagnosis of MODY (HN1 or something) and have been started on gliclizide MR once a day. A few questions though that have come up since leaving clinic:
- Apparently one of the side effects is weight gain... I know this is vain but this really really freaks me out. I don't mind gaining back the weight I've lost but gaining it for no reason for the rest of my life, ugh. Have any of you had experience with gliclazide? Did you gain weight? How can I prevent this?
- One of the potential downsides is that hypos can apparently occur. Are these likely to be frequent? Or pretty much a non-occurrence?
- I can get my prescription free the pharmacist said? How do I go about this?!
Thanks so much for all your help. I'm relieved to be nearer an actual answer, even if it does dash my hopes that actually this isn't diabetes at all. But I have learnt from this board that diabetes isn't a death sentence
Fleur