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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1008056" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Hi Lynnie,  I think you meant Sitagliptin instead of stigalatin,  I note that your dosage of Metformin is greater than the recommended maximum dose for that med: is this correct, and was this explained to you by the person who prescibed it?  I am on 4x 500mg Metformin myself, and it can give me stomach upset at that dose.   I am also on the same Gliclazide dose as you, and this is probably the med most likely to cause your hypo, although I am surprised you are getting hypo warnings at 5mmol/L.  The Sitagliptin is supposed to be self regulating u.e. stops working before hypo levels are reached, but I have recently seen a couple of postings from people on it + Metformin who report hypos.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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