Re: Would I Recommend It?: was Roger -Glyburide?

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Thanks and others who responded to my question about Glyburide.

Based on your experiences and some online research, I think that I will

just keep with my current regimen of metformin and actos. Thanks to

the low carb way of eating and the medication my numbers are way down

from what they were in July. And with today being New Year's, it's time

to give up my resistance and get with the exercise!

Happy New Year to all!

On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 07:26 AM, rogerhlmn@... wrote:

> <.....

> Would I recommend Glyburide as prescribed by most Drs? No, IMHO, but

> that's

> not necessarily the fault of the drug, it's the " one size fits all "

> way it's

> prescribed.

>

> Also, I'm doing the same type of thing, timing my metformin relative to

> meals, so that's another variable to confuse things.

> Why did I pick these two " old " meds? Well, since I went on Medicare,

> I'm

> buying my own meds & both of these are CHEAP!!! Even if I sign up for

> the new

> medicare drug plan (ick!), I'd spend about the same with co-pays as

> I'm paying

> now plus having a monthly payment.

> If you've got drug-coverage with insurance & reasonable co-pay, a

> better

> choice would be one of the newer drugs that do the same thing as

> Glyburide, but

> are much more expensive if you've got to pay out-of-pocket.

>

> The experiment continues---

>

>

> *****************************************

> , T2, dx'ed 4/98 with Fasting bg 350mg/dl & HbA1c 15.5%

> Controlling until last month with LC-D & very little E

> Average Fasting bg 105mg/dl, Last HbA1c 6.0%

> 7+ Year Historical HbA1c 5.6%-6.0%

> Now Experimenting with Metformin, Glyburide & " Merlot Therapy " for

> HbA1c

> nearer 5.0%

>

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> Can you tell me a little about Glyburide? Are there pros and cons of

> taking it?