GLIPIZIDE vs INSULIN GLARGINE

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

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

Can anyone tell me what yfgn stands for?

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