Hi
@Josie66 , as a diabetic, not as professional advice or opinion: Always seek health professional advice:
If you have records that you have been found to have protein in your urine for the past 2 years and nothing or very little has been done, you have every right to report your GP.
And any person prescribing medication is obliged to explain what the medication is for and what the side-effects are, as a minimum. Not sure that was done but as
@Barrowbakers writes , Meformin has side-effects like you describe (see a reference Drugs.com - Metformin). But also occasionally Losarten can cause a similar thing - read under side-effects in reference below*.
As much as I agree with what
@Barrowbakers says about allowing time for your body to adapt to the Metformin or seek a script for the long-acting form of it , just to let you know that some kidney problems may worsen i
f tummy upset is severe and causes dehydration (whether due to medication and virus or whatever) see
https://www.medicinenet.com/dehydration/article.htm. hopefully it will not come to that. Always seek your doctor's help if unsure.
From webmed.com losarten) there have been recalls of this medication in 2018 and this year, , in the USA, along with other BP medications, because of impurities found in some tablets. I imagine your pharmacist would know what brands and batches were recalled.
The other things is, in
https://rxlist.com/cozaar-drug.htm* that whilst Losarten (or Cozaar as it is called in the USA) is prescribed for those with kidney troubles and may help ease that trouble, your prescriber may need to
know what your kidney functioning is like (blood test) which helps ensure that the dose is right plus making sure the potassium level in your blood (blood test) is not too high to begin with. Not sure if your GP has done this ??
My take on the above rxlist site is that your kidney functioning and salts in the blood like potassium would need monitoring according to the side-effect list.
Your GP should be able to tell you if this is so and why.
So from all the things above you may wish to go back to your GP to sort all this or find another GP!!
There is also the matter of what has caused your kidney problems and what a specialist's opinion on this might be.
To my knowledge that is not in any GP's bailiwick.
As for T2D, (as if you do not have enough on your plate)! you may or may not have received some education from your GP or he/she may have deferred that to the diabetes nurse. Do you have an appointment with a diabetes nurse?
On the Home page of this site, there is a horizontal band of options, Second or third from the left is Type 2 and information there about the condition, treatment, diets etc..
There are other questions you might have such as how to obtain a glucose testing meter and strips, GPs can prescribe these but NHS believes that T2D patient do not need to test. I shall leave it to others on site to give you their view (the moderators will ensure no swear words get through)!! Briefly, the nurse would be able to educate your on using such a meter.
Under'Living with Diabetes', Home page midway along the options band, scrolling down there is a section on blood glucose meters and a list of types and brands (a list worthy of any supermarket displaying every brand of an item known to man - just my joke - the list is very comprehensive as it should be). Under the manufacturer Sanfoni is a Codefree meter, ? last on that list.
It is. if I am not mistaken the cheapest meter and strips to buy if your GP will not prescribe a meter and strips.
I shall leave it there at the moment. And hope you will not suffer indigestion !!
Know that no question is too simple or obvious to ask and post about. We have all been at the beginning at some stage and understand that there is a lot to take in. So sharing of experiences, knowledge and giving of support. And those of us who have made enough mistakes to inform about what not to do!!
Best Wishes,
