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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
Its been 10 to 15 years since I was on here, and the help i received help me keep the diabetic progress at bay for quite some time, but a rough few years (both parents died) have seen my control slip and a gradual move onto more medication to control it. First Metformin and then Dapagliflozin, both of which I tolerated well. Back in early November I saw the Doctor for a regular check up and my HBA1C was raised, not horrendously (high 60s from what i recall), but the Doctor wanted to put me on a new medication to bring it back down. First of all she put me on Trulicity, to which i reacted really badly, not only constant vomiting, but also swelling in the throat. I spoke to the emergency doctor at the practive and was given medication to control the vomiting and told to not take any more, as the swelling hadn't happened suddenly and didnt' seem to be gettng worse or stopping me breathing, they were willing to see if it would go down on its own, and if not to go to A&E.
After a few weeks to getthe Trulicity fully out of my system, I was put onto Ozempic to see if I reacted to that which fortunately I didn't anywhere near as much.
I've now been on the Ozempic for almost 3 months and i'm really torn about it. While the side effects aren't anything like the Trulicity they are still uncomfortable. I can normally guarentee that I will have at least 1 or 2 bad days each week, always stomach cramps, and probably 2 out of 3 weeks i'll be throwing up one of those days. I've tried the antisickness medication and if anything it makes things worse as my body wants to be sick, but the tablets prevent me from throwing up making me feel even worse. Once I've thrown up I seem to recover quickly and the side effects are over for that week
I'm still only on the lowest dose 0.25 (mg I think).
The problem is, it is working, before I started on it my fasting test was 10 or 11 (it went down duringthe day, but was always high in a morning), now it is down to 6 or 7 each morning.
I desperately want to try and continue the Ozempic and when the side effects aren't effecting me I feel fine and the fasting test result is really encouraging, but then i have a bad day (like to day) and I feel I really can't keep on like this. For the first few weeks i could tell which days i would be bad, I did the injection on a Tuesday, and either Wednesday or Thursday would be a bad day so I could work around it, now it is getting more eratic, i've been fine last week and over the weekend then last night woke up in the early hours feeling really nauseous, and i've been rough all day from it, and i'm due my next injection tomorrow. Part of me wonders if the length of time between injection and side effects is a good thing and a sign I'm getting more used to the medication.
I've a blood test booked for early March which will no doubt tell the doctor how well it has been working, but I'm also wondering if i'm going to have to ask to come off it due to the side effects. I hoped coming on here I might opinions and experiences from other people an what they have gone through with it as to how long the side effects can last. I can't see the doctor increasing the dose just yet and I'm really not sure I could take it as it is likely to make the side effects even worse than they are. I know people here aren't doctors, but I was hoping some one might be able to tell me the side effects will wear off in another few weeks, or if having had them for 3 months, they aren't likely to go away.
After a few weeks to getthe Trulicity fully out of my system, I was put onto Ozempic to see if I reacted to that which fortunately I didn't anywhere near as much.
I've now been on the Ozempic for almost 3 months and i'm really torn about it. While the side effects aren't anything like the Trulicity they are still uncomfortable. I can normally guarentee that I will have at least 1 or 2 bad days each week, always stomach cramps, and probably 2 out of 3 weeks i'll be throwing up one of those days. I've tried the antisickness medication and if anything it makes things worse as my body wants to be sick, but the tablets prevent me from throwing up making me feel even worse. Once I've thrown up I seem to recover quickly and the side effects are over for that week
I'm still only on the lowest dose 0.25 (mg I think).
The problem is, it is working, before I started on it my fasting test was 10 or 11 (it went down duringthe day, but was always high in a morning), now it is down to 6 or 7 each morning.
I desperately want to try and continue the Ozempic and when the side effects aren't effecting me I feel fine and the fasting test result is really encouraging, but then i have a bad day (like to day) and I feel I really can't keep on like this. For the first few weeks i could tell which days i would be bad, I did the injection on a Tuesday, and either Wednesday or Thursday would be a bad day so I could work around it, now it is getting more eratic, i've been fine last week and over the weekend then last night woke up in the early hours feeling really nauseous, and i've been rough all day from it, and i'm due my next injection tomorrow. Part of me wonders if the length of time between injection and side effects is a good thing and a sign I'm getting more used to the medication.
I've a blood test booked for early March which will no doubt tell the doctor how well it has been working, but I'm also wondering if i'm going to have to ask to come off it due to the side effects. I hoped coming on here I might opinions and experiences from other people an what they have gone through with it as to how long the side effects can last. I can't see the doctor increasing the dose just yet and I'm really not sure I could take it as it is likely to make the side effects even worse than they are. I know people here aren't doctors, but I was hoping some one might be able to tell me the side effects will wear off in another few weeks, or if having had them for 3 months, they aren't likely to go away.