GLIMEPIRIDE vs INSULIN GLARGINE

I am a type 2 diabetic. Last July, right before I started keto my doc was rumbling about me "graduating" to insulin. He had added glimepiride and Januvia, and my A1C had still crept north of 7. I began keto on July 9th. Since then, with 40 pounds gone we eliminated glimepiride, then januvia, and mid

Hello, My dad (77M, male) attempted suicide yesterday. He fell from a 12-foot balcony. He was admitted to the ER and has three primary injuries. A broken hip, where his right leg meets the hip. Bruising to the abdominal aorta. And a fractured vertebrae (C6)/out of place disk in the neck (C6). He is

The following post does not constitute medical advice. If anything in here is interesting to you, talk to your endocrinologist. I just wanted to give my personal experience of being on Metformin for approximately 14 years. For context, I am an insulin-dependent diabetic and a thyroid cancer surviv

Good morning folks. I am seeking advice for people who have maybe been in a similar situation. In my office of apps and one doc, we are assigned partners and share an office with said partner. The person on call for the week also covers for the doc if need be. Coverage includes signing off on injec

First published last Wednesday, 18th of March. Following a rapid increase in popularity of GLP-1 drugs for diabetes and weight loss, such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, approximately one in eight U.S. adults now take these medications, which also provide cardiovascular benefits. However, when patie

I had some pain in my bladder before Christmas and went to an Urgent Care place. I had been drinking half a gallon of water a day for two months and the doctor thought that maybe it was the increase in drinking that was making my bladder hurt, since my "urine had no sugar and no ketones" in it. Fast

Hey folks, I’m on day 4 of doing a Keto Chow–only diet (just the shakes, around 1650 cals/day), and even though I’ve been super low carb, I’m still waking up with really high blood sugar. About 160–180 every morning. (Note, I have ben low carb for about three months now and did this experiment speci

Hello guys I hope all of you are doing good. I was diagnosed last year in December my hba1c was 11.5 and I am just 28. So doctor put me on metformin 500 mg and glimepiride 1mg. Every 15 days we did sugar and blood report for fbs and ppbs. Within two months it was under control. So doctor did an exp

What embarrassing pharmacy confessions do you have? Thought it would be fun to share embarrassing things you did or didn’t know/realize, and didn’t want to tell others in your pharmacy. For the first year or so of working, I thought “Basaglar Kwikpen” was “basaglar Kiwi-pen”, and had no idea why it

How does everyone work with patients that just blatantly lie about being adherent to their meds? Example: I have a pt who is suppose to be on a large amount of insulin Glargine but hasn’t picked up his rx since November but SWEARS he’s taking it… my concern is safety since I am often titrating insul

I’ve seen insulin glargine 150 units bid Is there a point where insulin just does NOT work??

The FDA considers Semglee to be biosimilar to and interchangeable with Lantus. Looking at the structural formulas, I don't see any differences. The amino acid chains appear to be the same, the linking appears to be the same, and the inactive ingredients per 1mL appear to be the same. So what are th

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https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/19/sanofi-to-offer-insulin-for-35-to-americans-through-goodrx.html Interesting how competition, setting a price ceiling for Medicare part d patients, and bad publicity can get a company to bring costs down. Can't imagine sanofi doing this a few years ago when they were t