Hi dears,
I am in my 40s now. Have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years back.
My blood sugar levels was extremely high at the initial stages, Fasting constituted 180 and Postpradially it was as high as 450. Doc put me on two meds. Amaryl (glimepiride)2mg with breakfast and Glucophage (metformin) 2000 mg in divided doses. After a week or so, my levels became normal and upon the advise of my shrink I stopped Amaryl and continued on Glucophage.
But recently I have been suffering from some dramatic changes. My blood sugar level is constantly high. Fasting 160, and even after a short meal it shoots up to 350 or more.
I knew of Prandia (repaglinide) and now I am using three medicines to control my abnormal sugar levels. Amaryl 2 mg twice daily, Prandia (Repaglinide) 2 mg half an hour before each meals and Glucophage (metformin) 1000mg twice daily. I have not achieved a considerable reduction even with this, but it has been only three days so far I put myself on this regimen.
Now please answer my questions you knowledgeable folks:
1. Does Amaryl (Glimepiride) take time to have an effect in our bodies and starts to lower blood sugar levels? I mean should I have to be on it for a week or so to consider it is less effective?
2. The same goes for Prandia (repaglinide) too. Is it necessary to wait for week or weeks to know the drug will work?
3. And finally, is combining these two medications are dangerous? I could not find any literature on this.
Sorry for this long post. But I am in a real predicament now. Abnormally high blood sugar levels makes me very much nervous. And If Amaryl 2 mg twice daily along with Prandia 2 mg prior to having meals can control it, I am ready to afford both of them. But anyone here using these both?
I hope you people will help me in this. It is very hard to live a life like this (I am a depressive too at the same time).
I have restarted Amaryl just a couple of days apart but added Prandin to it yesterday. Today, my Fasting level is still high as 165. I took 2 mg Repaglinide half an hour before breakfast and when I checked the level after two hours of breakfat, to my surprise it still shows 327. What a disappointment..!! Should I go on like this and wait for a week or more for drugs to kick in? Or should I need to shift to insulin?
Please help me.
I am in my 40s now. Have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three years back.
My blood sugar levels was extremely high at the initial stages, Fasting constituted 180 and Postpradially it was as high as 450. Doc put me on two meds. Amaryl (glimepiride)2mg with breakfast and Glucophage (metformin) 2000 mg in divided doses. After a week or so, my levels became normal and upon the advise of my shrink I stopped Amaryl and continued on Glucophage.
But recently I have been suffering from some dramatic changes. My blood sugar level is constantly high. Fasting 160, and even after a short meal it shoots up to 350 or more.
I knew of Prandia (repaglinide) and now I am using three medicines to control my abnormal sugar levels. Amaryl 2 mg twice daily, Prandia (Repaglinide) 2 mg half an hour before each meals and Glucophage (metformin) 1000mg twice daily. I have not achieved a considerable reduction even with this, but it has been only three days so far I put myself on this regimen.
Now please answer my questions you knowledgeable folks:
1. Does Amaryl (Glimepiride) take time to have an effect in our bodies and starts to lower blood sugar levels? I mean should I have to be on it for a week or so to consider it is less effective?
2. The same goes for Prandia (repaglinide) too. Is it necessary to wait for week or weeks to know the drug will work?
3. And finally, is combining these two medications are dangerous? I could not find any literature on this.
Sorry for this long post. But I am in a real predicament now. Abnormally high blood sugar levels makes me very much nervous. And If Amaryl 2 mg twice daily along with Prandia 2 mg prior to having meals can control it, I am ready to afford both of them. But anyone here using these both?
I hope you people will help me in this. It is very hard to live a life like this (I am a depressive too at the same time).
I have restarted Amaryl just a couple of days apart but added Prandin to it yesterday. Today, my Fasting level is still high as 165. I took 2 mg Repaglinide half an hour before breakfast and when I checked the level after two hours of breakfat, to my surprise it still shows 327. What a disappointment..!! Should I go on like this and wait for a week or more for drugs to kick in? Or should I need to shift to insulin?
Please help me.