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My doctor has recommended farxiga for my high blood sugar levels. I am not taking any medicine for it at this time. I would like to hear positives/negatives from your experience with this drug. | ||
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Can't really help, but hope it works for you. I am on Jardiance 1 x day, Glipizide 2 x AM 1 X PM and Ozempic 1 X weekly. Any dog can be a Guide Dog if you don't care where you're going. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Been taking it for a few years along with metformin. Helps with blood sugar level. No side effects I've noticed. | |||
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Have been taking it since my heart failure 4 years ago. No problems as far as I know. Only taking a half dose (5mg). My cardiologist seemed reluctant to prescribe it at first, warning it is a very powerful medication. | |||
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Your insurance might want you to try lower cost medications, like metformin, first to see if that will handle your issues. I know someone who had a good drop in A1C in that time but couldn't go to a higher dose due to mild "metal mouth". His doctor coded that as the maximum dosage and asked for approval for another drug in addition. It was approved. | |||
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How high is your blood glucose? Mine was 190-200 and I was on 1000mg metformin 2xday and 2mg glimepride. My highest a1c was 7.8 and I was about 25 lbs heavy. Doc wanted to add more meds but mid April 2024 I went hardcore keto for 2 months. No added sugar, few carbs and intermittent fasting. Weight dropped off, lost about 25 lbs. Blood sugar 120-130. My 1st a1c after losing wt and stopping sugar was 6.5. Doc was impressed but insisted on another a1c in 6 months to see if I could maintain. 6.3 was my 2nd a1c test. I was taking 3 blood pressure meds, all low dose generics. I stopped all them and my bp stayed about the same. Cleaning up my diet, cutting way back on sugar and intermittent fasting works for me and maybe placebo effect but I feel much better taking no prescription meds, especially gut health. ________________________ God spelled backwards is dog | |||
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Thanks, Patriot I guess I missed that part in my search for potential problems! Euclid once said that there are no royal roads to Geometry - I guess there aren't any to old age, either. Life at 80 yrs old is becoming very challenging!  | |||
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a1c was 7.4. Doc also said I needed to lose 25 pounds by my next appointment. Maybe that is a magic number?  | |||
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