New medication Linaglyptin.

[lotuslight]

Hi everyone, feeling pretty down today.

I have type 2.

My blood sugars shot up to 80 just before lock down on my HBA1C.
Then first week of lock down I suspect I had coronavirus.I was coughing badly for a week , doctor agreed this could be possible.

Just before all this happened I had agreed with my doctors to try lower my blood sugar through diet and exercise.
But then when Coronavirus got very serious I asked about medication to lower my sugar.

The meds another doc recommended was Linaglyptin.
I asked what are side effects and he said a cough.A cough during these times!

I trie taking me yesterday and felt very tearful I’m wondering if lowering sugars with meds can make you feel emotional. This has been my experience in the past.

This worried me a lot so I decided to just stick with exercise.
(I lost 4 pounds) I had gained a stone previous over Xmas.

Doctor rang to check on me and I told him I hadn’t taken them.

He told me he was concerned and really really wanted me to try these tablets.The way he said it was f his sister had my blood sugar he’d want er to take them.
He told me diabetics don’t do well if they get Coronavirus.

I hate taking extra meds and my argument is if I had Coronavirus my sugars would have gone up and that could be why.

I’m wondering if I could get another HB1C test for this to see if they are back down.,But does anyone know how often this can be done?
Can local doctors do it ? Obviously want to avoid hospital.

I get very very anxious about new medication.I ended up in A and E with heart palpitations last time.

Just don’t know what to do for the best.

 

[Oldvatr]

Hi everyone, feeling pretty down today.

I have type 2.

My blood sugars shot up to 80 just before lock down on my HBA1C.
Then first week of lock down I suspect I had coronavirus.I was coughing badly for a week , doctor agreed this could be possible.

Just before all this happened I had agreed with my doctors to try lower my blood sugar through diet and exercise.
But then when Coronavirus got very serious I asked about medication to lower my sugar.

The meds another doc recommended was Linaglyptin.
I asked what are side effects and he said a cough.A cough during these times!

I trie taking me yesterday and felt very tearful I’m wondering if lowering sugars with meds can make you feel emotional. This has been my experience in the past.

This worried me a lot so I decided to just stick with exercise.
(I lost 4 pounds) I had gained a stone previous over Xmas.

Doctor rang to check on me and I told him I hadn’t taken them.

He told me he was concerned and really really wanted me to try these tablets.The way he said it was f his sister had my blood sugar he’d want er to take them.
He told me diabetics don’t do well if they get Coronavirus.

I hate taking extra meds and my argument is if I had Coronavirus my sugars would have gone up and that could be why.

I’m wondering if I could get another HB1C test for this to see if they are back down.,But does anyone know how often this can be done?
Can local doctors do it ? Obviously want to avoid hospital.

I get very very anxious about new medication.I ended up in A and E with heart palpitations last time.

Just don’t know what to do for the best.

In the UK you cannot usually get an HbA1c repeat within 3 months of the last one and usually 6 months is the normal 'fast track'. It depends on your surgery - normally blood it taken by a specially trained vampire called a phlebotomist, who is often a GP or a surgery health pratitioner, In my local sickness diagnostic facility we have a health visitor who acts as locum for blood tests in the practice treatment room. The blood is drawn in the doctors, but is usually sent away to a county lab for analysis at the general hospital and takes a couple of days for a result. You need to request a test through the GP since it is the Practice that pays for it if using NHS, or charges for it if private. Note there are private clinics that coud be used instead of GP but they will charge for it as will the lab anaylsis people. You do not need to fast for just an HbA1c, but a GP may also ask for a fasting test to be done at the same time, so check if you need to fast for it.

Edit to add to your closing lines - As a T2D not using insulin you should be able to benefit greatly with just some adjustments to your diet. It may even be sufficient to allow you to drop the new medication. I went from an HbA1c of 100 down to mid 40's quite quickly and gave up most of my diabetes drugs, and I am a long term diabetic of nearly 30 years in the saddle.

 

[KK123]

Hi there, do you have a glucose meter so that you can check your glucose levels as you go along?, that may be a better option than a test that measures the average over the preceding 3 months. You will be able to see what various foods do to your levels on a daily basis rather than guesswork for 3 months. I know that they are not prescribed (normally) to type 2s but I think you can get one fairly cheaply and then some strips (if you can afford it of course). This may help your anxiety once you can see what's going on real time (hopefully of course, with some people it can be quite a shock). x