Experiences with

Metformin / Glipizide

I am delighted to report after just short of a year, I reduced my insulin dosage in correlation with my tapering down on Prednisolone, and I successfully came off it at Christmas! I am also on 25mg weekly of Methotrexate. I did this with the approval of my diabetic nurse. I also changed from Metformin

Hi All. I need to ask whether other members with Diabetes type 2 and Polymyalgia Rheumatica have seen similar issues with blood sugar control. I have had type 2 diabetes along with High Cholesterol for some 12 years and traditionally take the following tablets daily which kept me inline. 2 x 1000mg

Hello to alll you wonderful people. I’m writing with some sad news (for me) tonight at 2.30 am. I was told on Friday at my appointment with my Onc, after having had a PET scan a mammogram , (because the that my cancer had come back in the breast and there was a a mass there that had gone undetected

Hi I was diagnosed with T2 in May 2024 following two A1c readings of 6.7 (I'm in Canada) this was after 10 years of pre diabetes. ( I also had a NSTEMI in early Nov 23 followed by a triple bypass late Nov 23 went back to work late January 24.)In may 2024 I began taking metformin at 250mg twice a day

Went to see my wonderful local hematologist on Feb 05. What a great doc!. He listens and explains things in the way the patient prefers. He never dumbs things down and is very respectful of the patient's decision making. HCT is up to 45.4. It is time for a venesection, which I scheduled for next

My 76 yr old S African brother was diagnosed in Sept 2024 with Stage 3 Chronic Kidney (Renal) Failure. He's Type 2 Diabetic & also on anti-hypertensive medication. Otherwise well but shocked & overwhelmed with information overload by me in Australia where the CKF landscape is quite different. He had

Hi everyone, I am new here - I'm 41 and live in NZ. Sorry if this is long.A little background - I had my gallbladder out in 2012 and ever since have had digestive issues - and have been diagnosed with IBS. Recently I have noticed what look like baked beans in my stool on occasion (when I haven't eaten

I was told 3 weeks ago that my HbA1C had increased from 44 to 57 and I’ve been started on low dose metformin. To try and figure out where I’d gone wrong diet wise, I bought a blood glucose monitor to track my blood sugar before and after meals. Of course my surgery have refused to give me the test strips

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 5 years ago, I also have hashimotos and fibromyalgia. Lately I've been feeling really unwell all the time. I have dizziness, pain in my brainstem/neck and jaw, also in my joints, I get aura migraines, slurred speech, unsteady on my legs, brain

Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about 10 years ago, I also have hashimotos and type 2 diabetes. Lately I've been feeling really unwell all the time. I have dizziness, pain in my brainstem/neck and jaw, also in my joints, I get aura migraines, slurred speech, unsteady on my legs, brain

[i]https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jan/20/weight-loss-jabs-linked-to-reduced-risk-of-42-conditions-including-dementia[/i] Yes, I realise these newer generation diabetes medicines aren't the same as the likes of Metformin or pioglitazone, both of which you can get prescribed for our disease

Sorry this is a long story ! Started on Pred (15mg) nearly 3 years ago. Gradually reduced and now at 6mg. Planning to Reduce 1/2 mg every 6-8 weeks 🤞🤞 18 months ago prescribed metformin for T2 diabetes - probably associated with steroids. HBa1c was still too high so metformin dosage increased and

I am 68 years old and I work full time as a salesman, (but act like I am 38 + VAT) my hobby is salsa dancing which I do every weekend so you can imagine that the following has hit me hard both physically and emotionally: On the 26th December 2024 I had chest pains and visited the GP the next day, the

I had a follow-up MRI and met with my Neurologist/NF Specialist yesterday. There is no sign of recurrence of the brain tumor. In fact, it seems I have a rather healthy brain for someone age 69. There is less cortical ischemia than many my age have and no signs that would indicate a risk of developing

Has anyone seen this study from China? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2021.685522/full [i]Findings: We found that metformin indeed had a therapeutic effect on mice with HT mainly by reducing TgAb and lymphocyte infiltration in thyroid tissue

After almost two years on Ibrance and letrezole, I had progression. I only have mets to my liver. It was discovered I have the Pik3CA mutation. In late December I started Ibrance, Fulvesterant, and Itovebi. Within a few days, my glucose level went to over 300. The Itovebi was stopped for a few days,

I'm diabetic and I take Metformin every time I take it I get headaches dizzy tired but if I don't take it I'm fine but my sugar reading don't go down even if I take it told the dr he just put me on another Metformin but still my brains feel like a zombie when I take it what should I do anything else

I started 1.5mg Bisoprolol last March and a few weeks ago I noticed a rash on my upper arms. I went to my local pharmacist but they were no help and advised me to get an appointment with my GP... Some hope. I'm on quite a cocktail of drugs including Ranolozine, Amlodipine, Isosorbide Mononitrate, Metformin

Just an update for anyone and maybe hopefully it may help someone (?) sorry it’s a long one… Vencamil is sadly causing the same reaction for me but I’m going to stick it out for a bit longer and see if things worsen or calm. But seems like all levothyroxine and liothyronine (combined/mono/varying dosages

I have come across this advertisement for a proposed new treatment of Hashimoto’s. I am sharing the article in case anyone has heard of this or tried it . Apologies as I posted without sharing article previously! I can’t copy the full article so have had to copy sections below. Hopefully, someone cleverer