Diabetes Forums (Page 53)

do I take them both together or can I take one at lunch and one for dinner and then at bed time, I have high sugar in the mornings ## Hello, Jeanette! How are you? What are the prescribing instructions that were provided with them? How high is your sugar level? What types of foods do you eat? Do you get lots of exercise?

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I am 59 years old and have had type 2 diabetes for ~5 years. I've just relocated from Texas to California and am between doctors. I'm 5'5", weigh 260 lbs, and recently started to have extremely low (30) blood sugars at night. I've been taking 2 x 500 mg Metformin and 1 x 2 mg Glimepiride after breakfast and after dinner. What can/should I decrease? ## Hello, Joe! How are you? What type of foods do you eat? Have you tried having a small snack, before bed? Have you gotten into a new doctor, yet? That would be the best thing to do, rather than trying to adjust your medications on your own. You are diabetic, so you need to have things checked out by a doctor regularly. Do you get a lot of exercise?

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Hi, my mother is taking Glycomet 500. She got swelling in her arms and hand, so the doctor prescribed her Glycomet 500, Lipikind 10 and Ecosprin AV 75. Can anyone tell me about the uses and side effects of these medications? ## Hello, Anita! How is she doing? What did the doctor say caused the swelling? Glycomet is an oral antidiabetic medication that is used to help lower and control blood sugar levels. Its side effects may include nausea, dizziness, headache and hypoglycemia. Learn more Glycomet details here. Lipikind contains the active ingredient Atorvastatin, which is most commonly used to help lower cholesterol levels. Its side effects may include nausea, dizziness, headache and joint/muscle aches. Learn more Atorvastatin details here. And Ecosprin AV combines Aspirin with the Ato...

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I Am Suffering From Type2 Diabatics Since 2006. Taking Madicines Like Glycomate Gp2 Fort, Mixtard & Glycomate 1mg. Still the sugar level in the morning is inbetween 170 - 190. I do maintain a proper diat, do regular exercise & morning walk. can anybody suggest any better idea to bring the sugar lebel to control. ## According to my knowledge, it is better to done lipid profile..due to triglycerides n cholesterol levels also blood glucose cant be maintain in normal values..

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Has anyone had severe stomach cramps stopping metformin cold turkey and blood after diahorrea does this go help pls ## Hello, Fluffy! How are you feeling? If you're having bloody diarrhea, you need to have that checked out by your doctor, as soon as possible. Why did you go off of the Metformin? What have you replaced it with? ## Glicerzide has that metformin in it all my blood test normal I think withdrawals cold turkey I keep going Dr will I get better headaches muscle pain vomitin diahorrea stomach pain tingly ears this withdrawals of cold turkey help

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I am on SSI and I do have BCBS as backup but Metanx is still a very expensive co=pay. My arthritis doctor has me on 2 pills a day and it seems to help and it has helped my RBC count to be normal which had been low for years. ## Hello, Mary! How are you? There is a savings program that may help, you can find information on it at Metanx.com click here. Is there anything else I can help with? ## You should have Medicaid as secondary insurance. Since you have the BCBS, I'm not sure if Medicaid will be of help with the this in your state, but it won't hurt to ask.

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After I started taking 1 glucovance 500 mg per day for last 12 months my cholesterol level went from183 to 217 Even though I am watching my diet ## Hello, Mimi! How are you? No, it hasn't been known to cause that. What types of foods do you eat, though? Not everything we think is healthy really is healthy, some may still contain a lot of cholesterol and fat.

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i recently went to ic in hospital for diabetes, blood sugar 1000 kidneys messed up legs and feet hurt, have bad headaches every day 2or 3 each day, butal/acemino50-325 doesnt work, what else could i take ## Hello, Joe! How are you? I am very sorry about the headaches. What other medications are you on? What types of foods do you eat? If could be the evaluated blood sugars contributing to the headaches, so they may stop, if you get it under control.

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I too have taken 850 mg Zyd tabs dispensed from Walmart. My A1c went from 6.0 to 7.1 with no change in diet and exercise. They also have an odd taste. I just switched to 850 mg made by Sun dispensed from Medco/Express scripts and after 3 days my Glucose is now back to the 120's. For me I found Zyd ineffective. There are differences in the generics. If one brand doesn't work for you try another before you give up on Metformin altogether. ## You are correct, there can be differences and that does make them less effective for some people. You may want to double check in the future, when you get a refill, to make sure that you don't get the one from Zydus, again. Is there anything I can help with?

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Just has a 30 on one side and no line. I found in wrong bottle ## Never mind. Found out it was outdated actos The actos was really light on other side. Thank you ## @lonewolfangel, Thanks for sharing your finding on that pill ID. I did some research as well and came to the same conclusion after seeing an actual photo of the pill with Actos embedded on one side and 30 on the other. If you need any other more information on the pill, I also found out which inactive ingredients are contained in this tablet. This includes the following: carboxymethylcellulose calcium + hydroxypropyl cellulose + lactose monohydrate + magnesium stearate I know some people can be more sensitive to certain binders/fillers that they put in these tablets, so I wanted to make sure you got those details as well. Ho...

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Hi i ve been diagnosed with ammenorhea due to PCOS and m 24... my doc prescribed me krimson 35 along with Macfolate for 6 months buh I m putting on weight due to the same... can i take Metmorfin to help me reduce my weight issues and treat me for PCOS... If yes, which onw should be the best brand of metmorphin along with the dosage of the same.

Have went off of metformin. Had diarreah ever since. Anyone out tree with similar problem. ## Hello, Billy! How are you? How long have you been off of it? Do you still have diarrhea? What have you replaced it with? More information is needed to present a viable answer, thanks!

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Please help my niece is hook on pain pills and got into my husband diabetic meds and took them what will it do to her she took 500/15 actos plus over a few day ## Hello, Resa! How is she doing? Did she suffer any adverse effects? Taking so may so fast could result in an overdose, even for someone who isn't diabetic. She really needs to get help with this and have some evaluations done to see if she may have caused liver damage, or damage to other organs.

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I am a diabetic patient I am taking pregator first and now I am taking Neurokind asper doctor advice ,But when I am taking pregator I don't have any problem.But when i started taking neurokind LC I have a burning sensation in my thie Muscle and i have a severe leg pain and my nerves are Burning can any one suggest me Can i continue with Pregator.

I tried Metanx (cost me a $160.00 copay) and could not use it after 5 days. I did not sleep for 5 days even with a sleeping pill. Also had severe calf cramps in bed and also the pain I had was doubled. I don't know how this medicine was approved for diabetic neuropathy!!! Now I am out all this money and still have severe diabetic nueropathy. ## Hello, Trix! How are you? There really aren't any side effects, so to speak, from Metanx, it is just a supplement that contains nutrients that can help treat or prevent diabetic neuropathy, it's not an actual drug, at all. It's actually classified as a medical food. The insomnia makes some sense, because adding the nutrients to your body could cause you to be more energized than usual. However, the cramping and pain does not. Have...

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I took the generic version, did not agree with me (muscle pain). I switched to fortament recently but the 2 pills look exactly the same. What is the visual difference between these 2 meds? I know metformin is generic & fortamet is a brand name. I would like to know the difference in what they look like, please. ## Hello, Elle! How are you? What are the markings on them? I bet that if you look, they are different between the generic and name brand. Visually, what they look like means nothing, what tells them apart are the markings on them and the formulation of them. Can you please post back with ore details? Thanks!

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I have asteoarthitis and severe pain in right knee/ I consulted the Orthopedic Surgeon and he advised me to take altraday capsule occasionally whenever I have severe pain or at the time of sitting folding legs. After taking this there will be no pain for three days. I am diabetic and hypertension taking medicines. I am not interested to go for knee replacement as I cannot bear the cost. I am aged 65 years and retired from the service. Kindly advise any medicines without side effects and reducing/curing pain. ## I am suffering from knee pain since 2009 and when I contacted the Orthopedic surgeon in this regard he suggested me to to go for knee replacement as it is only solution for coming out of pain. Since I am not interested to go for surgery because of cost on one side and successful ...

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Sir I am diabetic patient level II and the decease was discovered in my body in 1991. Lately I was advised by my Doctor Galvus Met 50/1000 1 + 1, with diamicron MR 60 one and half tablet before breakfast as well as one 10point insuline dose at 10 am daily. With above medication although i had good control and my hbA1c checked last week was 7.1, but I was experiencing low sugar level often in late afternoon ( twice or thrice weakly) whenever I had much fatique of running arround. Now I have replaced my morning dose with Metformin 850 instead of Galvus met 50/1000. since then I not have low sugar problem any more, but my randum sugar comes 200 plus some times. Pl advise if this combination of medication is ok or shuld i go back to Galvusmet 50/1000 1 +1. Thanks a lot for your consideration.

Since 2008 I am using Gemer-2 tab for my diabetes. Previously I was using Glynaze-MF. In April 2012 I found my blood platelet count was fallen down to 6000 K Bone marrow was done and found production of platelets is OK. Just Last week I was treated by Haemotologist of CMC., given Steroids for 4 days and now my blood platelets are increased to 1.65 Lakhs. Is it true using of Gemer-2 tab or other tablet for diabetes causes dicreased of Blood platelets. If so which tablet is not having such complication let me know

Does anyone know why this drug is unavailable now? I have checked with ten pharmacies so far. ## Hello, DebCar! How are you? It's hard to say, the company may just be having a shortage, they may have discontinued it, or the pharmacies may have just switch to a cheaper supplier. Did you try asking them if they can order it in for you?

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