Meds

[Inne s Evans]

Recently diagnosed. Doc put me on 1x500mg Glucophage, now uppd to 2 as no improvement. She wants me to take them all at once. Would it not be better to spread the dosage? And also it is not slow release, wouldn't that be better?

 

[Drummer]

If you managed to take the single tablet without side effects then you might be OK with two - it is Metformin under another name and oh boy can it cause disruption if you are sensitive to it.
What improvement was expected?
If you are still eating the same diet as before, and the tablets have not made you feel too ill to eat, little will change

 

[Inne s Evans]

If you managed to take the single tablet without side effects then you might be OK with two - it is Metformin under another name and oh boy can it cause disruption if you are sensitive to it.
What improvement was expected?
If you are still eating the same diet as before, and the tablets have not made you feel too ill to eat, little will change

My diet has been in line with what is necessary, purely coincidentally for 4 months prediagnosis, so no worries there. My question is whether or not the effectiveness of the meds is better with it spread out rather than all taken at once. I know it's metformin and it has no negative effects on meme.

 

[Martin9]

Hi @Inne s Evans ,, it would seem better to spread the doses as you think, just my opinion, but you say your diet has been in line with what is necessary ..what does that mean, it's a very broad statement, even if you managed before..what you doing with diet now...
As it's all about diet..with us diabetics..!,,
I only learned about a diabetic diet from this forum, read , read and digest..!

 

[Inne s Evans]

Totally in line with a diet appropriate for a diabetic ie appropriate carbs if any and Candida diet followed ie no sugar virtually. I did a lot of research which of course one can. Not a broad statement, just a fact of a process i instigated 4 months prior to diagnosis due to a secondary health issue at the time.

 

[KARNAK]

Hi @Inne s Evans, as a type 1 can`t give you much advice but welcome to the forum 🙂.

 

[Martin9]

Let's talk about what your. Idea of a diet 'totally appropriate'for a diabetic what is that for you..how many carbs a day
, just what are you eating

 

[Martin9]

Totally in line with a diet appropriate for a diabetic ie appropriate carbs if any and Candida diet followed ie no sugar virtually. I did a lot of research which of course one can. Not a broad statement, just a fact of a process i instigated 4 months prior to diagnosis due to a secondary health issue at the time.

What are appropriate carbs to you, how many grammes per day...? It is not about losing kcals ..!

 

[Martin9]

Totally in line with a diet appropriate for a diabetic ie appropriate carbs if any and Candida diet followed ie no sugar virtually. I did a lot of research which of course one can. Not a broad statement, just a fact of a process i instigated 4 months prior to diagnosis due to a secondary health issue at the time.

Candida diet, sorry never heard of it, Candida is a yeast inefection in most places

 

[Robin]

Candida diet, sorry never heard of it, Candida is a yeast inefection in most places

That's basically the point, it's a diet to keep Thrush (Candida albicans) under control. In many respects, it sits well with a low carb diet, in that it eliminates sugar and refined carbs. The trouble is with diabetes, when your blood sugars are high ( and I know this to my cost!) the excess sugar in your blood feeds the thrush, and if your body is busy excreting sugar, you end up feeding it in a place you'd definitely rather not! (and don't forget, if you aren't eating any carb, your body will still convert protein and fat into glucose to send round the body to provide fuel, but any lack of insulin, or the body's inability to use it, means there will be excess glucose in your bloodstream.

 

[Drummer]

My diet has been in line with what is necessary, purely coincidentally for 4 months prediagnosis, so no worries there. My question is whether or not the effectiveness of the meds is better with it spread out rather than all taken at once. I know it's metformin and it has no negative effects on meme.

If you had been eating a low carb diet for the four months before diagnosis, it if was the right one for a diabetic, you were most likely diabetic, not prediabetic.
A low carb diet dropped me from fully diabetic to prediabetic in 80 days.
Thrush is a strong indication of diabetes, as the fungus thrives on the glucose which arises from carbohydrates in the diet. Going low sugar is only half the fight - carbohydrates are digested straight to simple sugars as soon as they are chewed.