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Safe Blood sugars

Carl williams66

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Hi guys, new to this diabetes game, was diagnosed with type 1 about 8 weeks ago! Currently on gliclazide and metformin medication, can anyone tell me what a safe blood sugar level between is? I’ve been told it’s between 4 and 7 or between 5 and 7...
Just want to know which one!
Thanks
 

Are you type 1 or 2? I haven’t heard any type 1 diabetics being treated with glicladzide and metformin.
 
Carl williams66 said:
Hi guys, new to this diabetes game, was diagnosed with type 1 about 8 weeks ago! Currently on gliclazide and metformin medication
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Are you sure that you're Type1, Types 1's shouldn't be put on gliclazide
 
Rokaab said:
Are you sure that you're Type1, Types 1's shouldn't be put on gliclazide
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Yes, I’m more than sure the consultant said I’m type 1, apparently I’m on gliclazide and metformin as my pancreas is still producing a little insulin, he said that in time the medication I’m currently on will stop working, and I will then be insulin dependant! He called it the “honeymoon” phase of the medication
 

How much insulin did they give you? Do you have it written down anywhere?

But to answer your question I try to be between 4 and 6 mmol/l all the time.
 
Ok thanks, And I don’t have insulin as of yet, just the gliclazide and metformin for now! Been taking them for about 2 months.
 
Www.diabetes.co.uk is a great website. Part of it is this fantastic forum but it is only part of the website.
If you to the Home page, you will find amazingly useful, easy to understand and navigate articles. Including this one, https://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html, which answers your question about "safe blood sugars".
However, managing diabetes is not easy, it takes time to learn how it affects you and what affects your bg. So don't beat yourself up if your bg level is not in these ranges.

There are also pages on this website describing the different types of diabetes. It may help you to read these and understand why the questions above.
 
Carl williams66 said:
Ok thanks, And I don’t have insulin as of yet, just the gliclazide and metformin for now! Been taking them for about 2 months.
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"Gliclazide, sold under the brand name Diamicron among others, is an anti-diabetic medication used to treat diabetes mellitus type 2. It is used when dietary changes, exercise, and weight loss are not enough"

I really think you need to speak to whoever diagnosed again you because either they misinformed you or are giving you the wrong treatment..
 

I can’t help but say it sounds a bit dangerous, because every type 1 diagnosed admitted to hospital whether they are in honeymoon phrase or not, needed emergency insulin in hospital and from there onwards take insulin injections according to their meals. Gliclazide is usually prescribed to type 2 diabetics. So I don’t know whether you need to ask your consultant again about it.
 

Just found this

Abstract
A major advancement in therapy of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is the discovery of new treatment which avoids and even replaces the absolute requirement for injected insulin. The need for multiple drug therapy of comorbidities associated with T1DM increases demand for developing novel therapeutic alternatives with new mechanisms of actions. Compared to other sulphonylurea drugs used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, gliclazide exhibits a pleiotropic action outside pancreatic β cells, the so-called extrapancreatic effects, such as antiinflammatory and cellular protective effects, which might be beneficial in the treatment of T1DM. Results from in vivo experiments confirmed the positive effects of gliclazide in T1DM that are even more pronounced when combined with other hypoglycaemic agents such as probiotics and bile acids. Even though the exact mechanism of interaction at the molecular level is still unknown, there is a clear synergistic effect between gliclazide, bile acids and probiotics illustrated by the reduction of blood glucose levels and improvement of diabetic complications. Therefore, the manipulation of bile acid pool and intestinal microbiota composition in combination with old drug gliclazide could be a novel therapeutic approach for patients with T1DM.

PMID 29039071 [Indexed for MEDLINE]
 
I have heard of glic being prescribed for LADA people as a starting point.
 

Thank you
 
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