Hi stormy and welcome to the forum.
Hi, gliclazide CAN cause weight gain but, if I have read your post correctly, it`s the hospital that has suggested it not your GP. There is absolutely no percentage in getting yourself in a state about this, talk to your GP, let him know your concerns about weight gain and gliclazide and question why, if your bg levels are acceptable, you need to go on to gliclazide at all. In the final analysis, whether you take them or not is always going to be your choice, they will help with bg levels but hinder weight loss.
The receptionist at the doctors said the letter from the specialist instead of the injectrecommended to go on the gliclazide instead of the injection but when I saw the specialist a few weeks ago he told me he was happy with the way things were going I asked about reducing my dose on liraglutide as he put me on the highest dose back in February but he said it was obvious it was doing its job why change it it was only that I have been having to request new pens more often being on the higher dose that I rang my gp surgery to ask for my prescription arrangements to be looked at because I receive 2 pens which was only lasting 20 days the surgery has recently changed the needles I use for it and they seem cheap and nasty compared to what I was using they also recently changed my bg monitor I think all as a cost cutting exercise so I wonder if this is what it's about I am on some mental health medication and I know from past experience I can lose a lot of weight by coming off that but to my detriment so it is out of the question to stop that but I do pile weight on with it but since starting the liraglutide 18 months to 2 years when my bg 27 I have lost getting on for 4 stone feel better and more energetic so I have been using a gym twice a week and swimming regularly too I had no motivation at one point and didn't even want to get out of bed but now I go out almost daily whereas I wouldn't go out the house only for necessary appointments and a shop the nurse that originally put me on the liraglutide recommended instead of insulin due to the weight gain factor and that it is used only the once a day I did get diarrhoea for some time still do occasionally and nausea but it is clearly working so if it isn't broken why fix it incidently the nurse who recommended it has since left the surgery now I am at a loss what to do because in the past I have had some major problems with prescriptions with the surgery and considering changing to another doctors surgery ☺
It sounds like you were given this information by a receptionist reading out/providing the letter. It's best to discuss the letter with your GP, because he or she will be able to clear up any confusion. If the specialist recommended it then the letter will explain why, and it's only a recommendation, so it's up to the GP to discuss it with you before changing anything. Receptionists are not trained to deal with medical issues - their job is to make appointments and do administrative tasks only.
