Hi all,
I have been on Byetta for a long while now and GP and consultant have agreed that it is not working, I am allergic to all types of Insulin and soon to be going through Insulin desensitisation .... however, I have recently been put on Pioglitazone and since then I have been having MAJOR problems and sadly feel let down by the gp's and consultants.
I have been havng major joint aches (im a sumwhat active 30yrs old lol), when these happen I am almost immobilised with the pain (mostly in my knees) and then theres the back pain, but its not my back as such more my right kidney and OMG does it ache. I have terrible buzzing in my ears and its causing major headaches I also have terrible stomach/abdominal pains and cramps and my 'womanly issues' have all but gone.
I have contacted my gp (who has agreed to see me out of hours next week, although its taken lmost 2 weeks for this) and also contacted my consultant but he is quite dismssive of my symptoms and has given me an appointment for AUGUST. I mean i'm not one for complaining but I feel as though I am really suffering just now and in a great deal of pain, physical and mentally, and no-one cares.
To boot I also have an underactve thyroid and this seems to be on the blink too, I am on 325 dailyof Levothyroxine and its not working, however people I speak to seem to think that this is a very high dose (i have no idea about the doses etc) and that there may be another problem if this dose is failing.
All in all I am very confused as to what to do. I have tried to get an earlier consultants appointment, hoping my GP will help me with this too as I feel August is too far away.
Do you think that these issues could be related to any of the meds and has anyone else ever experienced any of these????
My current meds are Byetta, Gliclazide, Pioglitazone, Ramipril, Metformin, Levothyroxine
I have been on Byetta for a long while now and GP and consultant have agreed that it is not working, I am allergic to all types of Insulin and soon to be going through Insulin desensitisation .... however, I have recently been put on Pioglitazone and since then I have been having MAJOR problems and sadly feel let down by the gp's and consultants.
I have been havng major joint aches (im a sumwhat active 30yrs old lol), when these happen I am almost immobilised with the pain (mostly in my knees) and then theres the back pain, but its not my back as such more my right kidney and OMG does it ache. I have terrible buzzing in my ears and its causing major headaches I also have terrible stomach/abdominal pains and cramps and my 'womanly issues' have all but gone.
I have contacted my gp (who has agreed to see me out of hours next week, although its taken lmost 2 weeks for this) and also contacted my consultant but he is quite dismssive of my symptoms and has given me an appointment for AUGUST. I mean i'm not one for complaining but I feel as though I am really suffering just now and in a great deal of pain, physical and mentally, and no-one cares.
To boot I also have an underactve thyroid and this seems to be on the blink too, I am on 325 dailyof Levothyroxine and its not working, however people I speak to seem to think that this is a very high dose (i have no idea about the doses etc) and that there may be another problem if this dose is failing.
All in all I am very confused as to what to do. I have tried to get an earlier consultants appointment, hoping my GP will help me with this too as I feel August is too far away.
Do you think that these issues could be related to any of the meds and has anyone else ever experienced any of these????
My current meds are Byetta, Gliclazide, Pioglitazone, Ramipril, Metformin, Levothyroxine
......... he got such a fright at the colour I had gone and the fact that I couldn't stop shaking he almost called an ambulance. When I get these little 'episodes' I get soooo cold, even when its roasting, and cannot stop shaking, my headaches are sooo bad that it fels like a build up of pressure in my head and my head feels too heavy for my shoulders and then the terrible tummy pains start and I feel sick, within about 30 mins I am terribly sick. Now I had bad symptoms with Byetta when I started about 18 months or so ago, but since then I have been ok. 