Glicazide

[GlutenLadYorkshire]

Has anybody takin glicazide and found it very unhelpful? I found it lowers my blood sugars too low, so I have stopped taking it, I still take metformin and my sugars have been within normal range.

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Many years ago, I was put on it and was taken off within 2 weeks. It caused me to have a couple of hypos which I had never had and have not had since stopping it. You might find some of the newer drugs more helpful: ndei.org/uploadedFiles/Comm...

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Hidden]

I have been the same apart from taking myself off it, I’m just taking my metformin.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to GlutenLadYorkshire]

Has your doctor agreed to you stopping the medication Glicazide?

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Activity2004]

No he hasn’t but I’ve told the Gp

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to GlutenLadYorkshire]

Okay. Was the GP okay with your stopping the medication? After being told?

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Activity2004]

He didn’t seem that bothered really

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to GlutenLadYorkshire]

That's good to know. Some doctors I had in my life didn't understand why I wouldn't want to be on something that they had suggested. They never heard a patient say that they weren't ready for a change/discontinue of a medication.

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Activity2004]

At the end of day we know what works and don’t work, we know our bodies and doctors might know the standard ways of treating patients but some of us the drugs don’t work.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to GlutenLadYorkshire]

Yes, you're right. Some medications don't work with certain people. For me, I can never have generic anticonvulsants since that would disrupt the seizure control I have had for many years. The insurance company that i have says that I would get the generic for less, but I'm not willing to risk my health for a discount.

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Activity2004]

Don’t blame you, I’m definitely not prepared to make myself worse by doing what they say I should or shouldn’t.

[Activity2004 Administrator in reply to GlutenLadYorkshire]

Sounds good to me.

[cmatanie]

I am taking since January 2013 Diaprel (Glicazide) 60 mg, 1/2 tablet (30 mg) before breakfast and I never had hypos but I have, as side effect, weight gain. My problem is the fasting blood glucose: 140-150 in average (this morning was 171). I take also in the evening 1000 mg metformin (Glucophage). I started from a couple of weeks a keto diet . Let's see if this will work. All the best for you all !

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to cmatanie]

Thank you

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Hi gluten

I had it briefly. It made me so ill like some of the others on here I had to go back to my GP and he/she changed my medication to the fantastic- imho - Metformin- but because I need 2000mg a day I was given the slow release variety so it didn’t upset my tummy 😁👍.

However I have recently been on an Xpert Diabetes Course (free on NHS - get doctor to refer you 😁) and quite a few of the course attendees thought Gliclazide was really good with no adverse side effects!👍.

Good luck

Miles

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Hidden]

Good idea I suppose that gliclazide isn’t for all of us

[GlutenLadYorkshire]

Well, mine is at a normal level and I haven’t taken even my metformin, so I guess it was the medications they give me.

[Hidden in reply to GlutenLadYorkshire]

If normal why did they give you tablets?

[GlutenLadYorkshire in reply to Hidden]

At the time it was high when I stopped the olanzapine it returned to normal so at a guess and the doctors opinion it was the tablet