I posted sometime ago about my friend who is type 2, at the time she had stopped taking her metformin, due to severe gastro-intestinal side effects, she was getting spikes into the high teens and probably averaging about 9.5/10; her appetite has always been very poor which doesn't help.
Recently things have improved significantly, the advice I received here being very helpful, her overall levels tend to be in high single figures with the occassional spike into low-mid teens, she recently saw her consultant and he prescribed sitagliptin as monotherapy and told her that if that didn't work she would have to commence insulin.
She commenced the sitagliptin on Monday, unfortunately she on Wednesday she developed extreme side effects-swollen face, to the extent of blinding her, and breathing difficulties, particularly worrying as she is a chronic asthmatic, obviously the sitagliptin has been stopped but is to re-commence next Wednesday; what I would like to ask is, has any experienced these side effects and subsequently re-commenced the drug and was it successful the second time around.
Her previous experience of using insulin, whilst pregnant was horrendous for her and can only be described as neglect, I discovered by chance that although she was vaguely aware of a hypo she wasn't sure what it was, how to recognise it,or how to deal with it, I've dealt with that, she was left to inject alone, after a brief demonstration, for 8 weeks whilst waiting to give birth in a maternity ward, she still finds the memory traumatic.
Given her understandable fear of injecting again, which we will overcome if we have to, and her very poor appetite, there is a lot riding on the sitagliptin so any experiences would be very valuble,thanks everyone for taking the time to read this. (Unfortunately she doesn't want to join the forum so I'm the proxy)
Paul
Recently things have improved significantly, the advice I received here being very helpful, her overall levels tend to be in high single figures with the occassional spike into low-mid teens, she recently saw her consultant and he prescribed sitagliptin as monotherapy and told her that if that didn't work she would have to commence insulin.
She commenced the sitagliptin on Monday, unfortunately she on Wednesday she developed extreme side effects-swollen face, to the extent of blinding her, and breathing difficulties, particularly worrying as she is a chronic asthmatic, obviously the sitagliptin has been stopped but is to re-commence next Wednesday; what I would like to ask is, has any experienced these side effects and subsequently re-commenced the drug and was it successful the second time around.
Her previous experience of using insulin, whilst pregnant was horrendous for her and can only be described as neglect, I discovered by chance that although she was vaguely aware of a hypo she wasn't sure what it was, how to recognise it,or how to deal with it, I've dealt with that, she was left to inject alone, after a brief demonstration, for 8 weeks whilst waiting to give birth in a maternity ward, she still finds the memory traumatic.
Given her understandable fear of injecting again, which we will overcome if we have to, and her very poor appetite, there is a lot riding on the sitagliptin so any experiences would be very valuble,thanks everyone for taking the time to read this. (Unfortunately she doesn't want to join the forum so I'm the proxy)
Paul
