Metforim, Januvia, something else?

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Metforim, Januvia, something else?
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Wed, 10-08-2008 - 12:34am

I think I am about to the point of needing to do more than diet.    I want an idea when I go in what route I would like to go. 


Doesn't metforim cause lows?  Januvia doesn't though does it?  Can you take it be itself?  I suppose byetta would be a possibility but I don't know if I could do shots.  I know some of you do now........... 


My numbers scare me.  I can't get them back down.  The last few days they have been higher than I like.  REALLY higher than I like!  This morning, It was 130.  Before lunch it was 140.  Think before supper it was 159 and about 3 hours later 189.  And that is without eating any carbs inbetween!  And eating pretty darn healthy!  Breakfast...  1 scrambled egg on a ww muffin and a slice of cheese.  I did later have an atkins drink with 2 net carbs.  For lunch I had a crab cake, no filler, a lettuce salad with blue cheese dressing, left over steamed cauliflower and a sugar free jello.  Only thing in between was swiss cheese.  For supper, a prepared chicken kiev, I can't remember but it think 11 grams of carbs.  I bit over a serving of brussel sprouts (9 grams) and a slice of tomato and about a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese (5 grams of carbs.  And sliced peaches for 5 grams too.


I have noticed before that if I don't eat enough carbs my glucose is up.  Could I have done that? 


I hurt my leg about a month ago and have not been able to be on it..  broke a bloodvessel and not pretty! 


Thoughts, ideas?


 


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Sat, 11-29-2008 - 3:33pm
Hey,,Just checked my Blood sugar,,it is 200!!!!!!!!
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Sat, 11-29-2008 - 5:22pm
I checked the BS again,,it is 185,,I am so Hungry,, I broke the 500mg pills in half,and will take that at dinner and keep on for a week,,see how that goe,,but If the BS doesnt stay down,,I will get back on the Januvia,,I will pick it up tomorrow,just in case..
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Sat, 11-29-2008 - 6:06pm

Please look at the info that came with your metforim.


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Sat, 11-29-2008 - 11:29pm

Cheryl,


You must be on XR because you can split the regular metformin.


I think that any doctor which starts a person on 500 mgm twice per day should try it on themselves! That is cruel and I wish Susan had listened to me.


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Sun, 11-30-2008 - 12:50am

I think I am on the xr but I thought it would be good for her to check to make sure that is not what hers is before she starts splitting it.


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Sun, 11-30-2008 - 2:41pm
To both of you cl's......that is precisely what my doctor started me on too (500 twice a day) of the Metformin....I felt like a zombie of sorts, w/a headache!

 

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Sun, 11-30-2008 - 4:28pm
Hey,,I just called my Pharmacy,at walmart,,about the Metformin,,it's a white 500 mg pill,,and told her what was going on,,she said I can split these pills,,and take for a week,,then take the whole pill after that.
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Sun, 11-30-2008 - 8:52pm
Hang in there!

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Mon, 12-01-2008 - 9:47am

My last FBG was somewhere in the teens (like 118 or thereabouts) which was surprisingly good - when I test myself first thing in the morning, it usually runs more like 120-125. We already do watch the glycemics of foods (for instance, celery root aka celeriac, looks and cooks a lot like potato but is lower glycemically). I don't do the absolute tightest control values but I do use the endocrinologist levels which tend to be a little tighter than the ADA values. Kinda hard to not eat whole grains, beans and legumes when that's pretty much all my proteins - can't eat eggs (digestive yuck), do eat some cheese and yogurt, eat fish maybe once a week, poultry less than that, red meat never. By portion controlling things, I've found what works for me. Glad you've found what works for you.

--Deb

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