How low should I go?

[Quartermass]

http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index....ferral_prac_000052.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac05805c516f

There was no flu/cold, that's just what the DKA symptoms felt like to me. The hospital didn't find any sign of an underlying infection. They blamed it on the forxiga rather than saying it complicated things. I was very acidic when admitted to hospital, and I'd been DKA for several days. I'd lost 16 pounds of weight in around 2 days. It took them 3 days of insulin/glucose therapy to get me back up to normal levels whilst it normally takes them 12-24 hours.

If I did want to chance it again they wouldn't allow it. A 'yellow card' has gone in from the hospital, and I'm barred from being put back on that medication again.

As for support from the hospital team... I'm very impressed so far. I think a certain amount of that is interest from the hospital because of how unusual my circumstances are, T2 with DKA is rare. However they seem far, far better than what I was getting before.

 

[tpaz]

It's a rare side effect of both metformin and forxiga. The problems with forxiga weren't found until the product was marketed.

When they are used together or just on their own?

 

[zand]

When they are used together or just on their own?

Just on their own. I remember reading about DKA being a very rare side effect of metformin before I asked my GP for metformin a couple of years ago. I read about Forxiga about a month ago when looking for something else.