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I am so used to emails and nowdays websites have so much infor its hard to know where to start.
Anyway I was on Sitaglyptin then was moved to Aloglyptin (apparently because Sitaglyptin supplies dried up last October in Cheshire) with terrible results after only 1 week eg Extreme Cramps and Constipation with zero peristalsis etc so now back on Sitaglyptin what a relief and am taking lactulose to clear out the AC which is working well but still have a tender stomache but hope that wears off.
Also am eager to know more about Ozempic which if I cant get my HBa1c down from 74 to 60 my GP is going to move me to in 3 months. I am worried about side effects of OZ as I dont want another upset stomach again which seems common according to the Diabetes T2 Facebook group.
Trying to get leaflet on OZ from Hospital/Doctor but ironically no one has them despite pushing the drug which is NOT available in Cheshire in tablet form.
Would like to see the OZ applicator to get used to seeing it but no one has an unfilled dummy one can anyone help as its a big black hole at present can I buy one from Boots as the GP doesnt have any to show me as I am super sensitive to needles due to botched blood sample taking over the years by inexperienced student phlebomists mainly but also by a consultant which left internal bleeding!
Help!

Kevin
 
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Hi Sorry
I am so used to emails and nowdays websites have so much infor its hard to know where to start.
Anyway I was on Sitaglyptin then was moved to Aloglyptin (apparently because Sitaglyptin supplies dried up last October in Cheshire) with terrible results after only 1 week eg Extreme Cramps and Constipation with zero peristalsis etc so now back on Sitaglyptin what a relief and am taking lactulose to clear out the AC which is working well but still have a tender stomache but hope that wears off.
Also am eager to know more about Ozempic which if I cant get my HBa1c down from 74 to 60 my GP is going to move me to in 3 months. I am worried about side effects of OZ as I dont want another upset stomach again which seems common according to the Diabetes T2 Facebook group.
Trying to get leaflet on OZ from Hospital/Doctor but ironically no one has them despite pushing the drug which is NOT available in Cheshire in tablet form.
Would like to see the OZ applicator to get used to seeing it but no one has an unfilled dummy one can anyone help as its a big black hole at present can I buy one from Boots as the GP doesnt have any to show me as I am super sensitive to needles due to botched blood sample taking over the years by inexperienced student phlebomists mainly but also by a consultant which left internal bleeding!
Help!

Kevin
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What a shame about your bad experience with the phlebotomists, I have deep veins and sometimes they have trouble finding a good spot.
What sort of dietary approach are you taking to help reduce your blood glucose as that can be as powerful as medication.
If you would like to post the sort of meals you have then people may spot some problem foods.
 
Ozempic pen looks like an insulin pen, you just screw the needle on. Didn’t work for me but does help others with reducing the amount they eat to improve bgs. Injecting is nothing like having blood taken.
 
The main 'thing' about Ozempic injections is that they are delivered under the skin (subcutaneously, similar to insulin jabs) and you are neither aiming for a vein or a muscle so the needle is nowhere near the length or width of any other needle used for anything else for example blood samples for laboratory tests where they obviously have to access a vein - or vaccines such as the Covid jabs or ordinary winter flu jabs, which need to be delivered into a muscle which is depper withing us. Because we used to have to use longer needles for insulin jabs years ago (cos there weren't shorter ones) there was a mega worldwide research effort to find out how deep these jabs actually needed to go whether you happened to be a baby/toddler (Cos Type 1 diabetes can appear at that age or later) or a strapping great weightlifter and the answer was 4mm long. So, the ideal length of them ever since that has been 4 to 5mm and not much wider than a single human hair really! (say eg an eyelash rather than soft, downy hair like on a lady's cheek - or indeed on a baby's bum)
 
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