Re: Dawn Effect and other stuff

[Guest guest]

Patti,

I am on Glucophage, Actos, and Prandin and my BS was around 160

every morning. When I started my day at 160 I was struggling the

rest of the day to get it back into a normal range. Not to mention

my numbers being up for who knows how many hours at night. I told

my doctor I was not happy with my numbers and so she started me on

an insulin injection <Lantus> at night. She said my numbers should

be no higher than 120 in the morning. Now with the Lantus they are

around 135. It's better than 160, but still not good enough. We

are slowly increasing the dose trying to get me in the correct range.

I have never been able to see much results with the oral pills.

They are just draining my pocketbook. With the insulin, I see

results and am also feeling better. Kat

[Guest guest]

Yes, I think you need to get on medication, those numbers are still too

high. Stay away from the sulfs -- they can cause hypos and also you

have to " feed the lows " which keeps you from losing weight. If you're

unclear about which meds are sulfs, here's a list:

Glyburide

Glucotrol

Glynase

Diabenese

Diabeta

Glipizide

Amaryl

Glucovance (sulf plus glucophage)

Vicki

Dawn Effect and other stuff

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> Hi all,

> I have noticed that I have high BS's early in the mornings and about

> 11am they tend to regulate not quite normal but close enough. The

> morning at 6am my BS was 266 and by 11am it was 163. This is near

> about the same thing every morning.

> I'm still taking the avandia at 6am after I check my BS.

> I have cut caffine, sugar and reduced my salt intake. I STAY away

> from rice, potatoes, white bread, grits, sugar etc..

> I sweeten my decaf tea with splenda it taste pretty good. Since I

> have cut out the caffine I sleep better and longer without waking up

> sometime in the night.

> Since I have cut back on all these foods and switched to splenda ..i

> thought that i would see my BS get closer to normal. Maybe I'm wrong

> in my thinking or maybe I need to go on some other medications..what

> do you all think.

> Patti aka patti_cakes70

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[Guest guest]

Another problem I have is that I'm using twice as much lantus as I

was using

at the end of July, but the results are very much the same. Can't

quite

figure that out at all.

I started out at 10 units and have slowly increased mine up to 15

units. Every few units just seems to lower my numbers slightly. I

will probably slowly get up to 20 units. I still have to take

Prandin also during the day so I am sure I can handle some more. Kat

[Guest guest]

I had real bad dawn effect. I am also on Lantus. It took a few weeks

for

it to kick in for me, but my daytime numbers didn't really improve

to the

normal level, where they are now, until my endocrinologist added

Avandia to

my pill regimen.

When I first started Lantus it worked so well I asked my doctor if I

could go off some of the oral pills, but she told me the pills make

your cells more sensitive to the insulin. Even with insurance it is

still expensive for me with all the drugs that I take. I have to

believe her and go with this, but I still think the pills are just a

big waste of my money and a money making thing for the drug

dealers. I have been on Glucophage, Actos, and Prandin for 2 years

and have not seen any change in my BS until I started on insulin.

Kat