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[number 7]

Hi, I've been lurking for a few years, now on Gliclazide 40mg daily. Reducing carbs, would you recommend taking Gliclazide with breakfast or the most carb meal of the day? For me my carbs tend to be evening meal. Thanks in advance

 

[Rachox]

I have no experience of using Gliclazide, but just wanted to say welcome to the forum

 

[number 7]

Thank you. It will help me learn to navigate the forum. I suddenly sound like a social media novice

 

[Antje77]

Thank you. It will help me learn to navigate the forum. I suddenly sound like a social media novice

Sorry, I don't have an answer to your question on the timing of your gliclazide either, but you made me laugh with this reply.
Just click around everywhere on the forum, reply here or there, and you'll get the hang of it.

On the top right of every thread is a 'Watch' button. Very useful if you see a thread you find interesting. Click it and you'll get an alert when someone replies to that thread.

 

[number 7]

Thanks, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it, whilst getting to grips with monitoring my BS levels. Just one more learning curve lol

 

[Antje77]

whilst getting to grips with monitoring my BS levels. Just one more learning curve

Well, the answer to your original question may be found in monitoring your levels.

Reducing carbs, would you recommend taking Gliclazide with breakfast or the most carb meal of the day? For me my carbs tend to be evening meal.

Testing first thing in the morning, before bed, and before and two hours after meals should give you a good idea on what's happening, and you could do some esperimenting with the timing of your dose as well.
You probably know already, but if you reduce carbs and you are on gliclazide, there is a possibility of going too low. So please always carry your meter and some quick acting glucose on you, you don't want to have to navigate stairs while half asleep and hypo.

You could also apply for a free 2 week sensor if you haven't used one before. It's a wonderful tool to find patterns, and with the two weeks you could do one week of gliclazide in the morning and one week in the evening and see what difference it makes.
Mind, while the Libre is wonderful for spotting patterns, it's not always trustworthy for absolute numbers, so I'd always verify a low number with a fingerprick before treating as a hypo.

According to google, the action time of gliclazide varies a lot depending on if you take it with a meal or in between meals, so this may be something to keep in mind as well.

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[number 7]

Well, the answer to your original question may be found in monitoring your levels.

Testing first thing in the morning, before bed, and before and two hours after meals should give you a good idea on what's happening, and you could do some esperimenting with the timing of your dose as well.
You probably know already, but if you reduce carbs and you are on gliclazide, there is a possibility of going too low. So please always carry your meter and some quick acting glucose on you, you don't want to have to navigate stairs while half asleep and hypo.

You could also apply for a free 2 week sensor if you haven't used one before. It's a wonderful tool to find patterns, and with the two weeks you could do one week of gliclazide in the morning and one week in the evening and see what difference it makes.
Mind, while the Libre is wonderful for spotting patterns, it's not always trustworthy for absolute numbers, so I'd always verify a low number with a fingerprick before treating as a hypo.

According to google, the action time of gliclazide varies a lot depending on if you take it with a meal or in between meals, so this may be something to keep in mind as well.

Thanks very much for some useful tips. Nice idea re morning Vs afternoon. This week I'm taking with breakfast so will reverse it next week and possibly start taking slightly before meal and increasing the gap between tablet and meal.

 

[Laylabirdrami]

Hi, I've been lurking for a few years, now on Gliclazide 40mg daily. Reducing carbs, would you recommend taking Gliclazide with breakfast or the most carb meal of the day? For me my carbs tend to be evening meal. Thanks in advance

haha lurking is a funny term! i guess, ive been a lurker in this forum for a while too.

 

[Chris24Main]

Nothing wrong with a bit of lurking - everyone welcome and whatever kind of engagement works for you...

 

[Laylabirdrami]

Nothing wrong with a bit of lurking - everyone welcome and whatever kind of engagement works for you...

Sorry! I just keep picturing a creature hiding behind bushes when I hear the word lurker haha! Now I know it has a different meaning on the internet!