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HbA1c Help

sgdunn

sgdunn

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Location
Bristol
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I am a type two diabetic I was until recently taking 4 x 500mg of Metformin a Day plus 1 x 40mg of a Gliclazide. The result of this was as follows

prior to taking the Gliclazide
DCCT% = 7.6 IFCC-mmol/mol = 60 IN mmol/l = 9.6

atfter taking the Gliclazide
DCCT% = 5.4 IFCC-mmol/mol = 35 IN mmol/l = 6.0

The practice Nurse informed me this was to low and instructed me not to take the Gliclazide she said the mmol/mol should be between 45 to 48 but that would give reading as below
DCCT% between 6.3 & 6.5 IFCC-mmol/mol between 45 & 48 IN mmol/l between 7.4 & 7.8

which seem high to me can anyone advise me?
 
Gliclazide is one of the drugs that can cause you to drop low enough to have a hypo. That is the reason she wants you to be slightly higher to help avoid hypo situations. Personally speaking, it would be too high for me, but I don't take any meds and am very unlikely to have a hypo.
 
@sgdunn - Hello. HBA1C = Blood Test that measures your blood glucose over the previous 2 - 3 months, and is the test normally done to diagnose Diabetes.
Normal. - below 42mmol = 6.0 or below.
Prediabetic. - 42 to 47 mmol = 6.0 to 6.4.
Diabetes. - 48 mmol or over = 6.5 and above.
 
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