Reading all your responses makes me so despondent for diabetics. In the UK they believe there are possibly 4 million with diabetes, and maybe 1 million are undiagnosed. This is costing the health service billions. So surely it is in the interests of the medical profession to get as informed as possible to ultimately reduce the numbers. But ... it is not in the interests of the drug companies who will lose billions if people become informed and use diet to put their diabetes in remission. So I think that perhaps drug companies put pressure on doctors to prescribe - and of course doctors do not have the time to give lifestyle advice, it is quicker to prescribe. But this is not moral or ethical.
My other point is that many people do not want to change their WOE and/or do not have the knowledge they need to make informed choices. This chap that I spoke to yesterday didn't have a clue, and didn't want to (or couldn't comprehend) consider a different WOE. "Potatoes are a big part of my diet, meat and two veg man, me". So what can you do with people like that? Well, I believe if doctors told diabetics that they are "carbohydrate-intolerant" (just as they tell coeliacs they are gluten-intolerant) and that eating carbs could ultimately kill them, perhaps more people would make the changes necessary. But then it comes back to Big Pharma again .....
I think my gp has and believes in canagliflozin. God help him if he gets what I've got. He's retiring this year, I'm led to believe.
Maybe he might listen when he becomes disabled by a tablet. Even insulin has side effects!
What's sad is I genuinely like both my gps. I just hope he's careful.
Ickihun, if indeed some of your current symptoms are due to a medication you took in the past, it's very sad, but if what you believe has happened to you was the common finding, I doubt the medication would still be in the formulary.
For any given, approved medication, the vast majority of those taking it, under the guidance of their HCPs will have a trouble free experience.
But as doctors don't report adverse reactions even when told then the meds will still stay in use - and not many people know they can report adverse reactions themselvesIckihun, if indeed some of your current symptoms are due to a medication you took in the past, it's very sad, but if what you believe has happened to you was the common finding, I doubt the medication would still be in the formulary.
For any given, approved medication, the vast majority of those taking it, under the guidance of their HCPs will have a trouble free experience.
Like thalidomide - years of prescribing before the effects were recognised
I do agree that GPs are busy and can't be expected to be experts in every field, but diabetes nurses and dietitians should bother to know their stuff.
Yes indeed, they ought to be, but according to this research they are not. I suspect that in part this is due to the arthritic hand of NICE when it comes to disseminating research.I do agree that GPs are busy and can't be expected to be experts in every field, but diabetes nurses and dietitians should bother to know their stuff.
But I don't think that lowering carb intake would have a harmful effect on anyone with Type 2, unless on insulin, so if that became the default dietary advice what a huge change it would make to the general population for the better.For dieticians, diabetics are only a portion of the patients they see, then those who have a material need to reduce carbs is a further subset
But I don't think that lowering carb intake would have a harmful effect on anyone with Type 2, unless on insulin, so if that became the default dietary advice what a huge change it would make to the general population for the better.
I'll let you know what the product liablity solicitor says. Shame but on occasion a drug can be dangerous. I'm sticking to well used drugs in future. I never signed up to be a guinea pig!Ickihun, if indeed some of your current symptoms are due to a medication you took in the past, it's very sad, but if what you believe has happened to you was the common finding, I doubt the medication would still be in the formulary.
For any given, approved medication, the vast majority of those taking it, under the guidance of their HCPs will have a trouble free experience.
New to this site, I have been T2 for 4 years. Metformin doubled to 2 x 500mg five months ago. Recently had pain in my front right lower trunk. It spread around to my back. Practice nurse suspected gall stones. Scan revealed no stones. Since the pain was getting worse, I saw a GP who referred me to hospital where, without a urine test, the consultant diagnosed a kidney infection. A week's course of antibiotics does seem to have cleared that up. Subsequently, my GP decided that my blood pressure was too high and prescribed Ramipril. Brought BP down from 148/80 to After suffering side effects including vertigo, I read the leaflet that came in the box. Ingredients include three known carcinogens! Stopped taking them. Blood tests show high phosphate. Researching on line suggests probable kidney problem. I don't know what the connection between diabetes and kidney problems is and haven't found information on this site as yet. Any pointers from more experienced forum members? Seeing GP again this coming Friday.
What regime do you follow?.. I am always interested in other people's successes.Sorry to read how unhappy people are about there doctors I am T2 since 2004. My doctor is absolutely amazing he listens very carefully he allowed me to come off my medication 18 months ago so I control my life by a strict regime for life I hate medication it's trial and error in what I eat.. little and often. Be strong and work for that balance.
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