insulin weight problems

As a relatively newly diagnosed person, I won't comment about your question, but will congratulate you on quite a turnaround.

There have been a number of folks posting on the forum who have been started on Forxiga, with similarly pleasing results. Aside from the potential side effects, which clearly not everyone suffers thankfully, it seems like an effective tool.

worrywort said:

Using short and long acting insulin, initially at 10 units each but increased to 50 units - weight started increasing dramatically, with hypo's from time to time. Dropped insulin and went onto Forxiga 50 mg once a day plus 1000 mg metaformin 2x day, diamicron 60 mgMR 1x day. Result, blood sugar average 5.8, no hypo's, much improved agility and lost 20 kg in weight in three months - feeling 100% better. Read 'Pure, White and Deadly' by Dr. Yudkin, written 40 years ago - lowered sugar to virtually zero, lowered carbs and ate Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Bacon etc - and lost that 20 kg. Have a lot of people been mislead previously?

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Hi and welcome to the forum. Congrats on your good results!

According to the information at the Blood Sugar 101 website, T2s on insulin do better if they adjust the mealtime insulin in the way that many T1s do, rather than using fixed doses or mixed insulin. The website has information about the benefits, side effects and risks of each available diabetes drug. I have to say Forgixa does not look like an attractive option, according to the research reviewed on that website. Each to their own of course.

The main thing is, you are getting great results, so, well done!