Glyburide

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I have never heard of glyburide. I currently take 5 mg. of glucotrol

once a day, and also take 1000 mg. of glucophage twice daily. They

eventually want to take me off the glucotrol, since it tends to prevent

people from losing weight. It also tends to cause some extreme lows for me

in the evening, but with my morning readings being high they want to wean me

off of it as the glucophage starts to get my high morning reading down a

little bit. Good luck to your husband.

[Guest guest]

Does anyone take Glyburide? What is your dosage? My husband is on 3 pills

per day of 5mg - and I think he needs more and/or a different drug, just

curious what others take....

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Hi .

I have been taking Glyburide for 4 yrs (this is what i was first

prescribed). Started out with 1.5mg once a day, I now take 1.5mr morning

& evening. My bs stays in the good range. If I was more strick with diet

would most likely go in execellent range. I have not had any side

effects from medicine.....froggie

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Glyburide was the med I was prescribed when I was first diagnosed. Of course, my doc diagnosed me as a "borderline" diabetic. He didn't tell me many things, including the fact that this med would cause my body to release more insulin and that if I were dieting along with it it might cause lows. He also put me on a 1500 cal ada diet. I had terrible lows. I only took the med for a week and he took me off of it. That was a terrible experience. Meds are great when they are prescribed correctly and are needed, but they can have some frightening side effects when you aren't educated on them and don't know what to expect.

On the positive side, it was things like this that sent me packing to the internet to find out what the heck was really going on with me! So here I am now.

Go figger

Meenie

Hi .I have been taking Glyburide for 4 yrs (this is what i was firstprescribed). Started out with 1.5mg once a day, I now take 1.5mr morning & evening. My bs stays in the good range. If I was more strick with dietwould most likely go in execellent range. I have not had any sideeffects from medicine.....froggie

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I think this is why we hear test, test. test. This the only way we can

find out how our bodies will react to food and/or medince.

I had a few lows when I first started taking Glyburibe, but my doctor

had told me to watch out for them & to call him. When I called him he

decreased the dosage, no lows since then.

froggie

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Hi Froggie

My doc started me off on the lowest dose but the real problem was that he didn't have me get a meter and I didn't learn to test at all I had to come to the internet to do that. You're right it's important to test and know how and why we are reacting in certain ways. I felt so out of control at that time. What a terrible feeling it was!

Meenie

I think this is why we hear test, test. test. This the only way we canfind out how our bodies will react to food and/or medince.I had a few lows when I first started taking Glyburibe, but my doctorhad told me to watch out for them & to call him. When I called him he decreased the dosage, no lows since then.froggie

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Hello Meenie,

I have also learned (?) a lot from different groups & books. At the time

I found out, could not afford to go to dietician (?), so I went to

liabary & got lot of books (didn't have web ). In 3 months time had

readings down from 500s to 130s. Still have not been to a dietician. Not

saying this is the right thing to do!.I know that I learn something new

just about everyday. It may not always apply to me, but I like to know.

I feel like this is the one disease that I do have some control over. I

think its time I start taking a little more control, like better eating

& exericse habits................froggie

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Hi Froggie

Thank heavens for libraries and the internet ! It's too bad we can't depend on our doctors to give us all the info we need. I finally got to the dietician after a year on my own. I didn't agree with a lot she said and I'm glad I got to do the research first.

I listened and I tried to discuss things with her but she refused to even discuss some things - a closed mind is a poor thing in someone who is supposed to be a teacher, imho. I won't say I didn't learn anything at the diabetes classes, but the nutrition end of it was not open to discussion. I found it interesting they had people there on return visits because they couldn't control their bg's.

Meenie

Hello Meenie,I have also learned (?) a lot from different groups & books. At the timeI found out, could not afford to go to dietician (?), so I went toliabary & got lot of books (didn't have web ). In 3 months time hadreadings down from 500s to 130s. Still have not been to a dietician. Notsaying this is the right thing to do!.I know that I learn something newjust about everyday. It may not always apply to me, but I like to know.I feel like this is the one disease that I do have some control over. Ithink its time I start taking a little more control, like better eating & exericse habits................froggie

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wrote

> Does anyone take Glyburide? What is your dosage? My husband is on 3

pills

> per day of 5mg - and I think he needs more and/or a different drug,

just

> curious what others take....

>

Everyone is different. What one person takes is not relevant to

another. Your husband should be using a glucometer...it, plus

frequent (at least quarterly) doctors' tests (especially HbA1c)

should tell if he's taking enough.

By the way, if he does need more I recommend that you/he ask the

doctor to try adding an insulin resistance drug instead of increasing

the Glyburide. There are two types: Glucophage(Metformin) and Actos

or Avandia.

I strongly believe that adding more and more Glyburide will increase

insulin resistance unless you also do something on that side.

T

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Dear ,

So sorry to hear about your husband.

I've done very well...if I can be of any inspiration to him, please

let me know. I started with fasting glucose 258 and HbA1C 10.7.

Currently my fasting is consistently right around or under 100 and my

HbA1C is in the high 5's (most recently 5.8). I've lost about 35

pounds.

Those are NORMAL numbers, not even high normal. I've done it on

Actos, diet, and exercise, plus a few standard supplements. My

doctor tried to put me on Glyburide + Actos because my starting

numbers were so high. I asked him to skip the Glyburide and try the

Actos...certainly agreed that I'd use the Glyburide if necessary.

I'm not your husband, we're all different. I may be

inherently " less " diabetic than he is. Or perhaps I'll get worse

some day. I don't mean to judge, just to offer hope!

One of the reasons that I press on people to get their doctors to try

the insulin resistance drugs is that I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT

GLYBURIDE AND SIMILAR DRUGS INCLINE DIABETICS TO DEPRESSION, WHILE

INSULIN RESISTANCE DRUGS PRODUCE POSITIVE ENERGY.

The reason for the above...I believe...is that if you don't fix the

insulin resistance, you are actually producing TOO MUCH INSULIN, and

your insulin will swing up and down. Ups and downs of insulin cause

big swings in the brain's neurotransmitters...serotonin,

norepinephrine and dopamine.

These neurotransmitters cause all sorts of emotional problems,

including depression.

For anyone interested, I recommend looking into another e-mail

group: insulin_resistance@.... On that list we discuss

details of insulin resistance, for diabetics and non-diabetics (many

of whom are pre-diabetic and trying to avoid becoming diabetic).

T