Colesevelam and insulin
Common Questions and Answers about Colesevelam and insulin
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s complications such as pancreatic insufficiency, for which I take Creon enzymes with each meal, and Colesevelam for bile salts. We cannot prescribe any drugs as a lot of them are toxic, and can only be prescribed by a Gastroenterologist. I would suggest you have a consultation with your own gastro and heed his advice - they are the experts, not us!
Take care,
Liz.
Londres is certainly correct that there are a few other options available to treat what could be assumed to be familial hypercholesterolaemia, even though your doctor has obviously tried those that would be most obvious.
Generally, if you experience muscle weakness as a side effect of Lipitor (atorvastatin), other statins will produce similar effects, so that eliminates the use of Zocor (simvastatin), Crestor (rosuvastatin) etc.
I then eat 45 g of carbs and inject 3 units of insulin before the meal. Test 2 hours after starting to eat and my blood sugar is 140 (my target is < 120 after eating). This tells me that the insulin was not enough. Next time I eat 45 g of carbs I will try 4 units of insulin). I actually finally worked out that I need 1 unit of insulin for about 10 g of carbs.
It also helps to restrict carbs.
re having bad lows, then you need to further reduce your insulin dosing. Try reducing by say 10% and then if that is not enough reduce by a further 10%.
Are you using basal-bolus regime, with separate long and short acting insulin? If you are you can look up how to do basal testing. This will help you set your long acting insulin to optimal level.
An alterative approach to sliding scale is to dose fast acting insulin based on carb counting.
Type 2 is most often associated with adult-onset and can be a combination of insulin resistance (most often in overweight folks) and also sluggish/impaired insulin production. Type 2s are sometimes treated with insulin, sometimes with oral meds, sometimes both, and always in combination with diet & exercise.
I didn't have bruises as I switched around the sides where insulin was injected.Also, baby movement changes all the time，not necessarily the result of insulin. For me, the weird thing for insulin was the week b4 delivery，I don't need to rely on insulin at all. I was back to normal all a sudden. Dr. Said it was normal as the placenta wasn't working as well *** b4 as I close to the end. Good luck!
The state of the art approach for all newly diagnosed type 2 people (you can look up joslin diabetes centre), is to start them on metformin to reduce the insulin resistance, and then to give them insulin. If you are early enough in the diagnosis, you will need only low doses of insulin to get excellent blood sugar. This is far safer and more effective than multi-oral therapy.
I have had 2 diabetic pregnancies and my need for insulin increased dramatically from start to delivery. Both my girls were perfectly fine (I did have excellent control). My HbA1c when I delivered my first duaghter was close to 5. She was a natural delivery at 38 weeks and weighed 7 lbs 3 oz (I think I was taking about 60 units/day at the time of delivery, having started insulin at 3 months pregnant). For my second daughter it was 5.
Yes same as diabetic meds its supposed to lower insulin levels because its said ppl with pcos have higher levels of insulin and can cause problems
I'm 32 wks and was diagnosed with gd 3 weeks ago. First week they tried just diet/exercise, 2nd week gave me pills, 3rd week upped the dosage, now they are saying up dosage again and start insulin. My numbers haven't changed, they are 85-95 fasting, under 120 for lunch and all over the place for dinner but no higher than 150. The results have been the same no matter the dose so far. This is my fifth pregnancy and I had gd with my third too, completely controlled with diet/exercise.
I am 53 year old and type 2 diabetic, I take Insulin twice daily. Other medications are metformin 500mg twice daily, Lisinopril 40mg(morning), Trazodone 50. Recently I take tadalafil 10mg and my blood sugar goes very low. I also tried 2.5mg daily at night, again my blood sugar goes very low. I wear a freestyle libre patch. What medications are interacts with tadalafil? Is Viagra will be safe for me?
Hello so I'm 23 weeks and the docs have told me I need to be on insulin 4 times daily :(.. So my question is has anyone who is or had insulin have had mood swings with double the crying and emotional mood swings, I'm on my 7th baby and I've just started the insulin and I feel so horrible.
Yeah, I had last year with my son, along with insulin, and I kept taking it after I gave birth, and now I'm pregnant again, and I'm gonna use it, for me, it worked, and is safe for pregnant women, I don't think they would prescribe it if it wasn't
Hi Nisha,
I'm not a medical professional but a volunteer on this forum with a similar story to yours. I was diagnosed with Type I diabetes at the age of 18 (that was over 11 years ago). I too struggled at first with insulin doses (which I also tried to adjust myself), trying to understand carb counting, etc. And I too gained wight steadily for years. I know how frustrating it all can be but trust me, what you're experiencing is very common, yet it doesn't have to be this way.
The currently accepted treatment of choice is a basal (long-acting) insulin like Lantus once or twice a day and a bolus or rapid acting insulin before meals. A fixed dose of bolus like you describe is not as good as developing a carb ratio. You need to take the correct insulin dose each meal to cover what you eat (unless you want to eat the same thing every meal!).
I am 30 years old and I have had diabetes sense I was 5 years old and have recently moved to a new state and can not get insurance until July 1. I will currently need more insulin and I was wondering if there is any help with me having to purchase this on my own considering it is very expensive I had my doctor that I had before moving wirght me a perscription but I was just wondering if there was any help out there that I won't have to wait 45 days or find a doctor here first ?
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