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Just wondering if actors causes or worsens depression

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Dr. Increased my dose to 30mg I feel very aches and more depressed. Just don't understand it.

Am Taking 60 Mg Gliclizide
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What other diabetic pill can work with this gliclizide to fine tune my glucose readings

My Doctor Just Put Me On Actos...
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anyone else taking this ? side effects? Weight gain? I'm not having many side effects but the weight gain is evident. How am I supposed to lose weight when they put you on the one drug that's supposed to help you but makes you gain?

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I stopped taking it as it made me real sick but my Doctor was real mad at me and tried to make me take it so I went and found another Doctor !

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Is anyone taking actos having trouble being depressed?

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Text wise is says for real.

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I have been on metformin for 4 years...Dr just added actos

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Has anyone tried Actos. I’ll b starting it next month. I couldn’t afford the Jardiance anymore. It was $134. A month!

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No but a friend did for a time and wanted her wine, so that changed.

Actos Was The Only Medicine That Helped But I Quit It Because In Five Months Of Taking It I Gained 14 Pounds.
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is there any other medicine similar to Actos but without this kind of side affect?

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i took P. nd it made me gain 30 lbs. now i weight is 180 it used to be 150 lbs.

Has Anyone Been Prescribed Medication That Has Caused Severe Problems Or Has Been Banned?
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In the nineties I was prescribed diabetic medication that caused severe weight gain and they prescribed Redux and Ponderal; no weight loss but I became stable until they had taken me off it. Both medications were banned; I ended up in emerge with high blood pressure; my eye doctor thought I was stoned on the drugs too. I was always a fat fit because of my active job and nightly aerobics and taebo. Then I was taking Avandia; I was taken off of that because it was banned and I had a triple by… read more

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I feel that Victoza a diabetes med is a very harsh drug. It did work well for diabetes, but at the expense of my gastric well-being. I think that it is partially to blame for at least some of my… read more

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What food is safe to eat that won't effect me and what food is not good to eat

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bread and potatoes r my downfall ,but I have reduced my intake very much and try to drink plenty .still cant lose weight x

What Type 2 Meds Are Available And What Do They Do?
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Maybe time for a bit of a rebroadcast since we have a number of new members, and we all know that Doctors tend not to explain the prescriptions too well or the patient doesn't know what to ask.

So here's a quick recap of the current popular meds used to treat Type 2 and what they are designed to do.

For a Fasting Blood Sugar issue that is due to your liver which stores/releases blood sugar "when we are not eating/digesting" since our body needs sugar 24/7 to function.

Currently the ONLY oral… read more

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Thank you for the information.