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Empagliflozin 10mg

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Reptile

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Type 2
My doc has just started me on this: 1 per day in the morning along with 2g per day of metformin and some other bp stuff.

Has anyone tried it? Is it effective. How harsh were the side effects please.

Best wishes,

Mark
 
I've been on empagliflozin at the same dose as you for some time, and haven't really noticed any side-effects.
That said, people can react differently to medicines, so I would look through the possible side-effects and check whether or not they are happening to you. Particularly note diabetic ketoacidosis as something to avoid.
Best of luck!
 
@Reptile welcome to the forum. I hope you have the SR metformin as it is said to be better for your stomach. I take dapaglifozin which is also a SGLT2. I was told you need to eat a reasonable amount of carbs in your diet with it say 130 gms. I was given ketostix to test my pee if I felt unwell. I've only tested 3 x in 9 months and reading was normal.
I always make sure I read the leaflet from the packet and DiabetesUK has info about the meds.

Goodluck
 
John Gray said:
I've been on empagliflozin at the same dose as you for some time, and haven't really noticed any side-effects.
That said, people can react differently to medicines, so I would look through the possible side-effects and check whether or not they are happening to you. Particularly note diabetic ketoacidosis as something to avoid.
Best of luck!
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Many thanks for posting. It's very encouraging to hear that you are OK on the medicine. I am expecting to receive mine within a day or two.

At the moment, I am struggling to find a set of behaviours to reduce the risk of ketoacidosis.
 
saffron15 said:
@Reptile welcome to the forum. I hope you have the SR metformin as it is said to be better for your stomach. I take dapaglifozin which is also a SGLT2. I was told you need to eat a reasonable amount of carbs in your diet with it say 130 gms. I was given ketostix to test my pee if I felt unwell. I've only tested 3 x in 9 months and reading was normal.
I always make sure I read the leaflet from the packet and DiabetesUK has info about the meds.

Goodluck
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I'm on the plain old non-sr metformin but my stomach seems to tolerate it well. I have some ketosticks from when I was on a very low carb diet. I'll check my ketone levels for a week or two and then if I feel dodgy.

I'm expecting to receive my medicine within a day or two.

Did anyone suggest any behaviours to reduce the risk of ketoacidosis?
 
I know i was told it needed carbs to work but noone would put a figure on it. I waseating 100 to 120 carbs and upped it to about 130. I know very little about ketoacidosis. My hcp gave me ketostix and showed me a colour chart telling me to test if I felt unwell. He also said may need to ring111 if in a particular range. He said most people test to see what it's like. However when I read the leaflet it says dispose with 6 months after opening! The HCP who is pharmacist didn't know this. Much later I realised you could purchase them quite cheaply without prescription. I have tested three times and only one of those when I was ill with sickness and diarrhoea. It was lowest reading each time.
 
Reptile said:
I'm on the plain old non-sr metformin but my stomach seems to tolerate it well. I have some ketosticks from when I was on a very low carb diet. I'll check my ketone levels for a week or two and then if I feel dodgy.

I'm expecting to receive my medicine within a day or two.

Did anyone suggest any behaviours to reduce the risk of ketoacidosis?
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The ketoacidosis which is a potential risk with the 'flozin' meds if following a very low or keto diet which is not advised is euglycemic ketoacidosis.
 
Reptile said:
Did anyone suggest any behaviours to reduce the risk of ketoacidosis?
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I was simply pointing out that it would be a pretty neat idea to avoid it !
There isn't very much chance of you actually getting it, I would say.
[I know I haven't...]
 
Hope you get on well with the ‘flozin @Reptile, and you find it effective for balancing your meals and your BGs.
 
Reptile said:
At the moment, I am struggling to find a set of behaviours to reduce the risk of ketoacidosis
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Avoiding going too low carb will reduce the risk of DKA. You still need to watch out for it though, gave me DKA within a week and I don’t low carb.
 
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