Medication query

[Vera2004]

Thanks for letting me join
I have just been put on sukkarto
Taken for a week and a half 2 a day
I am needing to pee alot more often...is this normal on these tablets?

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Hello Vera,
Have a look at the patient leaflet https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/product/9562/smpc and see if that's of any use to you.

I'm wondering if needing to pee more often is a sign of high blood sugars do you have any testing equipment?

 

[Vera2004]

I do will keep checking but haven't been doing anything different to before these tablets
Nothing mentioned in leaflet....thanks for your help

 

[Drummer]

Sometimes people think that the tablets are going to 'deal with' the high glucose levels and so do not keep their carbohydrate consumption as low as they ought.

 

[Pumper_Sue]

I do will keep checking but haven't been doing anything different to before these tablets
Nothing mentioned in leaflet....thanks for your help

Just another thought, any chance you have a urine infection?

 

[DaveB]

Hi. Sukkarto is a brand name for Metformin which many of us take. It doesn't normally cause problems apart from some short-term bowel upset for some users. I suspect your BS may be too high? Metformin doesn't help BS by much and is the most use for T2s although many T1/LADAs, like me, take it for it's other benefits. Have you got a meter? What was your last HBA1C? As you are a LADA, I suspect you may need to be on more suitable tablets such as Gliclazide and eventually insulin will be needed. LADAs will normally go thru what's called a 'honeymoon' period where the pancreatic beta cells decay. This period can last months or years where increasing medication is needed. Keep the carb consumption down to help reduce BS anyway.