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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 2398215" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>From what I understand Gliclazide reacts to food being eaten. It works by getting the pancreas to increase its output of insulin. Ergo - it is the action of the eating that is needed to trigger glic into action. It does not work if you take it during a fasting period even if your bgl levels are sky high it will ignore until it is trigered again, It has a half life of around 4 hours after which it loses its charm and has no realistic effect. So I have mine about 20 mins before I eat a meal so it is metabolized and ready to go when the carb rush starts. I have not tried this but sugary snacks will probably be enough to trigger an insulin surge, so that eating a sweet may be enough, but I am low carbing so this is against my current glucose religion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 2398215, member: 196898"] From what I understand Gliclazide reacts to food being eaten. It works by getting the pancreas to increase its output of insulin. Ergo - it is the action of the eating that is needed to trigger glic into action. It does not work if you take it during a fasting period even if your bgl levels are sky high it will ignore until it is trigered again, It has a half life of around 4 hours after which it loses its charm and has no realistic effect. So I have mine about 20 mins before I eat a meal so it is metabolized and ready to go when the carb rush starts. I have not tried this but sugary snacks will probably be enough to trigger an insulin surge, so that eating a sweet may be enough, but I am low carbing so this is against my current glucose religion. [/QUOTE]
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