EXENATIDE vs GLIPIZIDE

60yr SW 95kg GW 70kg After 5 months I’ve achieved my goal weight. I’ve not been this weight since a teenager. Tried every diet over the years but only had temporary success. Always struggled with food noise. Retired early as a GP in the UK due to MH in 2022. Turned 60 earlier this year & finall

I'm just curious. The more I experience this pain and weakness the more I realize this is what sleep deprivation is. Without proper restorative sleep you get the exact same symptoms. Poorer sleep leads to a disruption in hormonal levels which makes sense why this affects more women then men. They

I just finished reading an *excellent* series of blog posts about how the fear of insulin is mostly bullshit. I wanted to understand the articles better, and contribute to fittit, so I went through each article and summarized them the best as I could in layman terms. All of them are worth a read, an

Since we can't submit links on this sub, I'm pasting an interesting article I saw today. It's by Sarah Zhang for the Atlantic. Did Scientists Accidentally Invent an Anti-addiction Drug? People taking Ozempic for weight loss say they have also stopped drinking, smoking, shopping, and even nail biting

Fair warning: this will be a long post filled with data and graphs and some potentially controversial commentary. You may feel the urge to express how I am doing something wrong, not eating enough, etc. I’ve seen and read it all so it will fall on deaf ears here, but have at it I suppose. I plan to

My health plan formulary updates for GLPS! As a PA tech, not looking forward to alllllll the calls and PAs we’re about to get lol -GLP medications for diabetes will require step-therapy on October 1 2023. This update applies to dulaglutide (Trulicity), exenatide (Bydureon and Byetta), liraglutide (

Invex Therapeutics # Background Invex Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company incorporated on the 8th of March in 2019 which is repurposing an orphan drug (Exenatide) for initial use in the indication of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH). A basic understanding of the sc

Just wanted to share some great news. My grandfather had diabetes and even had to have his leg amputated later in life. I watched growing up how restrictive his diet was. My father and brother were also diagnosed later. 2 years ago, after thinking I had restless leg syndrome, I got a blood test

My A1c results after four months of carb reduction, intermittent fasting, apple cider vinegar, cardio and a 60lbs weight loss... 5.4%! Plus Metformin, Glipizide and ~~Trulicity~~\*. Hoping to be able to decrease the meds and hopefully not have to start insulin. My a1c was previously > 11, thankf

For the first time since I started getting my A1C checked regularly, it is now in normal range! I got my recent labs back, and it was 5.7. It was as high as 11.7 as late as two years ago, and has regularly been in the 8+ range for several years. in July, it was 6.7. It has taken a combination of Met

6 months ago, after complaining of hypos in the middle of the night from Glipizide, my doctor took me off of it and put me on Mounjaro. I've been steadily increasing my dosage every few months and am up to 10mg now. He told me that I wouldn't need to check my glucose more than once a day which signi

1/ yes, I know, there's room for improvement. That's always going to be true. I'm okay with being a work in progress. :) 2/ I started off 14++ earlier this year and my PCP stressed the need for a gentle slope of reduction in sugars so complications wouldn't plague me as much. 3/ I started off with

January 31, I had an A1c of 12.4. My endo wanted to start me on insulin, but I decided I was going to try to take control of the factors that I knew I was not paying attention to. Revamped my diet, cut calories, slowly incorporated exercise, filled the nutritional gaps I needed with supplements, and

Back in October my a1c was 11.6 yesterday got my new results for my a1c and I'm at 8.4 I need to tell someone that understands me and that is you guys.i have just been taking all my medications i take metformin 1000 and glipizide 10 mg and I stopped eating late at night and stopped all the soft drin

EDIT: I realized that I put 5.7 in the title. It's actually 5.4. Just want to share my story because the last three months has been a roller coaster both physically and mentally. Hopefully this helps for those who needs guidance. I [29M] was diagnosed August of this year with an A1C of 11.5 with a f