Hi Everybody

[Lucyr]

One question I would like to ask is what everyone’s experience with dapagaflozin is?

Empagliflozin gave me mild DKA, know of someone else who died from the DKA caused by a flozin, and then others are fine with it

 

[MarkStAlbans]

Thanks Lucy thats cheered me 🙂)

 

[Lucyr]

Thanks Lucy thats cheered me 🙂)

No worries glad to help

 

[JITR]

My BG came down from 17 mmol/l to around 6 mmol/l in short order due to diet without drugs. I'd say your figures indicate carrying on with a healthy diet (under your control), not more drugs (under GP's control). But your GP knows your overall condition.

Have you heard what Prof Roy Taylor, a pre-eminent authority on T2D, has to say based on his pioneering research supported by Diabetes UK? Sounds like you are well on the way to sorting your liver and may have a bit further to go to get your pancreas back to normal.

 

[MarkStAlbans]

Thanks Doc,

This is our issue generally that people experience radically different outcomes based on their personal make up.

My outline plan is to wait until the metformin is fully effective and Ive lost weight and then see where the numbers are. If I can drop the metformin dose Ill try with dapagaflozin and see where I am.

 

[MarkStAlbans]

My BG came down from 17 mmol/l to around 6 mmol/l in short order due to diet without drugs. I'd say your figures indicate carrying on with a healthy diet (under your control), not more drugs (under GP's control). But your GP knows your overall condition.

Have you heard what Prof Roy Taylor, a pre-eminent authority on T2D, has to say based on his pioneering research supported by Diabetes UK? Sounds like you are well on the way to sorting your liver and may have a bit further to go to get your pancreas back to normal.

I agree, my endo said much the same thing

 

[MarkStAlbans]

Were you hospitalised for the DKA or did you catch it early?

 

[Lucyr]

Were you hospitalised for the DKA or did you catch it early?

Whether ketones develop into DKA and whether someone has to stay in hospital to treat it depends on if they’re checking for ketones at home and have educated them selves on the symptoms really. Not everyone that takes a flozin will end up hospitalised or dying from DKA but the odd one will, just like people can be ill from a reaction to any medication.