Experiences with Diabetes type 2

before i started trulicity, i was on novamix 30 at 68 units/day, 2000mg metformin, and 10mg jardiance. i have had type 2 diabetes for 30 years. my glucose was out of control, starting to have major side effects, bmi of 33. after 5 months, my bmi is 26 -- i lost 15kg -- and stopped taking insulin 2 months ago. went from waist size 44 to 38. i feel great, no side effects if you follow the drug gu...
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Got a very bad itch after four days. Sunday after i went to HAP i had to immediately stop taking it and go back to my old insulin after two weeks i have a rash over my whole body.
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At first i was using metformin but it was really unpleasant, it gave me loads of problems with diarrhea and stomach cramps. Now is use januvia and am quite happy with it.
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Slowly increased the dose, Blood sugar us lower but not ideal. The side effects are bearable.
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I lost 5 kg (11 lbs) after starting this medication. My penis is red and sometimes inflamed. I try to keep this real clean and that helps.
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Used prior to Lantus, Insunal Basal. Didn't work long enough. With Lantus is is perfect, sometimes I need to increase the dose, sometimes I need to decrease it, specially when I am active with sports etc. Now I use 17 units at night. it works for 24 hours.
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Definitely not a good experience, rapid change in blood sugars, go from hyper to hypo in minutes, bowel cramps, fatigue, insomnia, not a good drug in my experience.
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metformin doesn't work, does nothing. was prescribed glimepiride. it works well. haven't had any side effects, glimepiride is not supplied by the doctor any more I have to go back on to metformin and have countless blood tests all for the same result 4 gr metformin a day.
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Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be another alterative for type 2 diabetes. I'm insulin-resistant. So alongside lifestyle changes (eating healthy, staying active, not smoking and drinking) there isn't another medicine.
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Been using metformin for 2 weeks. Still in the establishing phase. Sugar levels lowering. Few side effects. Happy up to now with this.
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I've been taking this for 4 months now and my levels are nice and low. My medication has also been halved. I've gone from 2500mg metformin 200mg uni diamicron to 1000mg metformin and 120mg uni diamicron. Definitely recommended. And totally covered by my health insurance (Belgium).
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For me, metformin seems to be hardly, if at all, effective, if not worse: I got non-stop stomach pain from using it so I stopped taking it. The stomach pains disappeared immediately.
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It's a lot of flatulence that I can't contain and so hard uitfloept, whether I'm on a visit or in a shop. My social contacts and messages are on a very low burner. Have them swallowed first 3 times daily. Swallow it now 1 x day at night before going to bed. Now goes slightly better. I experience a lot of difference between the different vendors. And then I get a different supplier every 3 months.
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It's effective. My values have returned below the maximum threshold in a few months by taking 3 tablets a day and astonishment of my doctor who did not believe it... I preferred to take 2 tablets a day to have a more normal life which made the rate slightly higher. The treatment is quite difficult except for those who have a life of Monk... and other Epicurean. (Little alcohol in my case and im...
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At the beginning of the week, Monday-Thursday, felt nauseous and sometimes like I was actually going to throw up. Lost my appetite because of it. No desire to eat anything but that's actually quite positive. Lost 2 kilos, hoping for more.
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I've had type 2 diabetes for a few years. I get 2 metformin tablets a day. Little effect. No weight loss, blood sugars haven't reduced. But I have got a bit of a problem with uncontrollable diarrhoea, lots of trapped wind. The drug was a lot worse than the illness. I've now stopped. On or off metformin blood sugars are at 7 +.
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Glimepiride has worked brilliantly for years. However, over the past two years the drug has become less effective. Increasing the dose to 6 mg or stopping it completely have ultimately had no effect on glucose levels. The metformin I took alongside it also had no effect,
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Makes me ill. Heavy diarrhoea, stomach ache, nausea and fatigue. Have used Metformine since september 2nd 2016 and had to stop taking it this last week due to the seriousness of the side effects.
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Till 2 weeks ago I used 3 x 500 mg Metformine and 3 x 80 mg Gliclazide with unsatisfying results. The last 2 weeks I’ve used Janumet 50/850 twice a day combined with 3 x 80 mg gliclazide a day and the result is spectacular. My blood sugar was usually 11 now it’s at 6. Have to beware for a hyper. No side effects up till now so I hope it stays that way.
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Started taking trulicity 1.5 6 weeks ago after having taken Victoza for 2 years. From the first week onwards I had heartburn and belching, which I still have now. After 2 weeks I noticed another problem, severe (and still ongoing) constipation. I'm thinking about stopping and going back to injecting Victoza every day. Before that I used to inject Lantus and I put on 10 kg, when I switched to Vi...
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