PCOS Messages for September, 2001: Re: Avandia and low blood sugar????

Re: Avandia and low blood sugar????

From: Terri (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Sep 2001 08:38:04 -0500 (CDT)

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Thanks for the advice. I'm going to give it a try and see how it works. It is weird - to have to eat sweets when I was told to limit the sugar intake. But anything is better than the low blood sugar problem! Terri At Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Munchichic wrote: >
>Hi Terri,
>I've been in the same boat. I had to stop taking met after nearly 2
>months because of the horrible side effects. I got a trip to the ER for
>that. I'm too, on Avandia now and have experienced the bad bouts of
>hypoglycemia as well. You don't have to take your Avandia with meals,
>but it does seem to help. I take it in the morning/afternoon with a
>meal and then at night before going to bed. However, at night, I always
>have a snack with it---a twinkie, oatmeal cream pie, something sugary to
>combat the drop in glucose. I don't wake up in the middle of the night
>anymore "shaking" even though I wasn't _physically_ shaking. So it
>must've been the drop of glucose that made my body "shake" and woke me
>up. That happened so many times without an explanation, until I finally
>started eating a snack with my last pill. I've heard that it's true
>that Avandia doesn't DIRECTLY cause a drop in blood sugar, but since it
>is working to make your insulin function more correctly, that is usally
>the end result. Try having a sweet snack in between meals or right
>before bed to help combat that. It should work. If not, there's
>something else going on and your Dr needs to be aware of it. Good luck!
>
>At Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Terri wrote:
>>
>>Hi all, recently I was taken off Met due to side effects and started
>>Avandia. While I was on Met, my blood sugars remained fine = no serious
>>swings, drops etc. Since being on only Avandia, I've started getting
>>low readings again - which I haven't had since being diagnosed as
>>diabetic last summer. Anyway, the doctor claims that Avandia should not
>>cause hypoglycemia as long as you eat regular meals and do not fast. I
>>feel like I am eating continually to just keep my blood sugar up!
>>
>>Did anyone else on Avandia experience anything like this? It is causing
>>me a great deal of anxiety since I thought for sure the horrible low
>>blood sugar was finally gone!
>>Terri
>
>--
>"Laughter is the best medicine, but sometimes we all just
>need a friend."--Munchichic :)
>

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