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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1269654" data-attributes="member: 196898">Hi, Yes I am still on Gliclazide, but I have reduced from 4 tabs a day down to 1 a day with an occasional second one as backup.  I am averaging daily bgl of around 5,8 mmol/l, but when I take 2 Glics a day, I can go down below 4 mmol/l so I probably need 1.5 tabs a day.  I am LCHF still and have stable weight (10 stones).  My recent screening was good, but I have low sodium levels, so I am dropping the diuretic I was taking.  I have upped my salt intake too, and since I have too low BP I have also reduced my BP meds accordingly.I hope you have been advised about the possible occurrence of DKA when taking a -gliflozin type med (SGLT2 Inhibitor), There is an FDA warning on these meds and there is a forum thread under Other Diabetes Meds that I would advise you to peruse.  Personally I could not get on with Forxiga although I like the principle on which it works,  Januvia is another I have tried, but there is a risk of pancreatic damage from that one.   Glic suits me and I now know that the low bgl I get are not too worrisome since I know where it bottoms out and its not dangerous except for driving (DVLA rules apply)  I still have enough liver dump to recover if I low carb too much.</blockquote>

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