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Pills for Diabetes

I am on Glucovance, and for about three months, I have had a rash which I suspect is due to this medication.

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I was on Avandia but had some problems that I attributed to the drug, and I was very ill. If you cannot contact your doctor, and you feel strongly that a medication is having a bad effect on you, how should you proceed?

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My aunt, who is a senior citizen and has type 2 diabetes, has been taking Glucovance for over a year, and when she went for a checkup, another doctor told her to stop using it immediately because it was recalled. Can you tell me if Glucovance has been recalled?

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I was just diagnosed and now that my weight has stabilized, I am having difficulty keeping my blood sugar down. Glucovance and Glucophage seem to elevate it, and the only thing that seems to affect my blood sugar is a medication that I take for leg cramps. Why would Glucophage and Glucovance elevate my blood sugar?

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I have type 2 diabetes diagnosed four months ago, and at my last visit to the doctor, she noticed that, for the last week and a half, my readings were high, but my readings prior to this were fairly good and my A1c was as excellent (6.1%). However my doctor added another medication. Why do I need two medications if my readings had only been high for a week and a half?

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I started taking Glucophage XR about a year ago, and, about a week later, I began to notice yellow pill shaped objects (soft with white center) in my stool. My doctor does not know what it is but suspects them to be my pills. Any ideas?

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Am I taking the right medicines for my blood sugar control? Are my stomach problems, including loose stools, caused by the medicines?

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My 55 year old mom has been taking Avandia and Glucotrol XL for eight years. Upon starting an antibiotic for cellulitis, she began have low blood sugars during the night. What do I do when it goes low? How do we stop it from dropping this low?

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The doctor told me that I need to take Glucophage XR three times a day, but the pharmacist said they normally do not give this particular medicine that often, and I should probably be taking generic metformin. Also, I have been told my a nurse that this medicine is never going to get my blood sugar down. Can you tell me who is right?

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I am currently taking one and a half tablets of a sulfonylurea. but I am not sure when to take the product. Should I take my medication it before meals? Does one take some of the tablet a few times a day, or does one take it all in one go?

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