Medication Question

[neilio100uk]

I wonder if anyone can shed any light on my confusion before I see my GP later this week.

I am currently a T2 Diabetic, 34 years old, been medicated for c.4years. Currently on:

- Saxagliptin: 5mg daily
- Pioliglitizone: 45mg daily
- Gliclazide: 80mg daily (very recently reduced from 80mg twice per day)

So, I recently had my Gliclazide reduced by half, as I was having hypo symptoms, i.e. blood at 4mmol within 1 hour of eating, and being sweaty etc.
This continued, and so over the weekend just gone, I decided to try a couple of medication free days - i.e. none at all - as I was at home, and able to monitor blood sugar etc - and should it go high, or low, take corrective measures etc.

Strange thing, this is the third day medication free, and I seem to be resting at around 6mmol two hours after food - and 5mmol of a morning - and I though my medication would have had significantly more effect.

I am going to seek help from my Medical Practitioner - but I would have thought the effect would be more dramatic?

 

[kjc2011]

Just from my personal experience my medication has had a dramatic effect on me if I don't rake it my bloods are constantly in the teens when I do take my meds I'm seeing 4s and 5s pre meals and fasting then 6s and 7s post meal. My HbA1c levels are also down dramatically from 94 to my latest 1 week ago which wad 41, but everyone us different and what works for one may not work for somebody else xx.
By the way I'm on pioglitazone, gliclazide and alogliptin