I was on Lyrica a few years ago. It messed with my mindset. Extremely heavy brain fog..I'm being monitored this time.
Before I took it for 10 years. My doctor never monitored me.
@A DiabetesTeam Member
I love my doctor, but it irritates me that she has to Google medication interactions. They should already know this, as they are the prescriber.
@A DiabetesTeam Member
You're pharmacist should know that better than your doctor. Everytime I get new meds my doctor has to Google the interactions
My pharmacist always warns me about interactions.
I research also before taking any new meds or supplements.
I do ALA, berberine, fish oil, D3, Jardiance, amlodapine, losartan, Rosuvastatin, hydrogen molecule water.
Berberine makes a noticeable difference in my numbers.
ALA. I feel better with it. It helps me with blood glucose control.
Hydrogen molecule water, seems to help me with blood glucose control.
@A DiabetesTeam Member I should have. It’s an over the counter supplement so the pharmacist didn’t know. I trust pharmacists over Dr when dealing with meds and their interactions. I no longer see that Dr. I also am more proactive. My Dr tried to prescribe an eye drop when I scratched my eye and I had to remind him I react to it.
ALA does work but if you take medications for your thyroid it does interfere with them. A doctor told me to take it and I did only to find I was starting to feel my thyroid meds were off so I did research and the first thing I read was don’t take if you are on thyroid medication. I stopped and things returned to normal. I felt that the dr should have known this since I’ve been on thyroid meds since 2014 since my thyroid cancer.