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Originally Posted by luckharm  Hi,
I eat about 120mg of carbs per day per the advice I was given when I took my diabetes training class. After reading the replies to my post, I am now very concerned about starting Glimepiride. I should be getting the pills from my mail prescription pharmacy sometime next week. My doctor said to take 1, 1mg tablet once per day. I guess I will try it and monitor my blood sugar very closely. This morning it was 204 before breakfast and I ate almost no carbs yesterday! I guess I have to do something, since the Metformin is not doing it for me anymore.
Thank you for all the "words of caution". I will report back after I have have been on it for a few days.
Margie |
Margie, those pills can be split, too! The endo who prescribed to me suggested it in fact. So you might try a slow approach at first.
I do about 60 - 80 g carb per day, with occasional (rare) excursions approaching 100g.
You could try lowering your carb intake and testing to see if you want to even start taking it ... what are your readings after meals, now?
Oh, also thinking back, I took mine in the morning only and my lows hit right before lunch so I was prepared, too. I kept 2 servings of 2 TBS raisins with me, and when I went low I would eat one packet, re-test in 15 min, and if necessary take a second ... and if necessary eat lunch a bit early.
So that is also an approach to trying it cautiously. Mornings.
