[Diabetes-talk] What medications are out there, for people with type two diabetes?

[Ladd, Kim (DBVI)]

There are many different types of medicine for type 2 diabetes, both oral and injectable. Metformin is usually the first pill that someone is put on. You are experiencing the most common side effect of metformin, GI issues. I have been on it for 9 years and still get nausea and bowel issues if I don't time my eating and pill swallowing correctly. It is a very annoying side effect, but metformin is a great choice because it has been around a long time, it doesn't cause hypoglycemia, doesn't cause weight gain, and it is very inexpensive, as it is on the $4.00 drug list. 
If the metformin alone is not controlling your blood glucose levels, then a second medicine is usually added to the metformin regimen. If you find that you cannot tolerate the GI side effects of metformin, tell your doctor and ask to be put on a medicine that is in a different class than metformin. Some pills that are in a different class that do not cause as much GI upset are: glyburide, glipizide, Jardiance, Invokana, Actos and Prandin. However, every medicine has its own set of side effects, so learn as much as you can about them. 

Here is a link to the American Diabetes Association webpage on medications for diabetes: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/treatment-and-care/medication/   and here is the link to an audio of this web page: American Diabetes Association, Type 2 Diabetes Medications [audio of web page] http://app.na.readspeaker.com/cgi-bin/rsent?customerid=5484&lang=en-us&readid=site_content&url=http://www.diabetesforecast.org/diabetes-101/type-2-diabetes-medications.html 

Kim Ladd, RN, BS, CPHQ
Diabetes Educator
Virginia Rehabilitation Center for the Blind & Vision Impaired
401 Azalea Avenue
Richmond, Virginia 23227

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From: Diabetes-Talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel via Diabetes-Talk
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 4:16 PM
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Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What medications are out there, for people with type two diabetes?

Hello everybody,

I wanted to ask, what medications, that are in a pill form, are available with people who have time to diabetes?
I am taking Matt Foreman currently. I take 1000 mg in the morning, and 1000 mg at night. This is the extended release form. We discovered recently, by taking me off the Met Forman for a week, that this has been what has caused the caring up of my stomach.
I was extremely constipated, all of the time,. Even though my stomach doctor put me on a syrup to take twice a day, a medication, and softener. Really none of it made a difference. If I was not constipated or I would barely use the bathroom, I would have serious bouts of diarrhea. It was awful! My stomach doctor actually thought I had Gastro paresis. But my diabetic doctor does not believe this. He has seen the report. I have been on net Foreman for quite a while now. I cannot remember how many years. I have always had trouble with either diarrhea, or painful, severe constipation. I never thought it was the Met Forman. But now that I am only taking one pill, I believe that it is the culprit. For the last few days, my stomach is not hurt, I have less gas, and my bowels have worked better than they ever have in the last three or so years. I don't want to stay on just one pill of the Met Forman. It doesn't give me enough blood sugar control. Plus, I just don't want the medication in general, if it's going to have these sorts of a fix.
I also take,Victoza in the morning, I have been for about a year or two now. This works quite well for me. At first I took it at night. But I found out by accident when I was in the hospital one week, that it works better for me in the morning. But it can't do all the work by itself. I go to see my doctor again, this coming Tuesday, even though I was in there about three weeks ago. I want to discuss what other medications we can try. I'm not on insulin. I am grateful for this. So do you all have any ideas as to what might help me? Or as to what types of options I may have?
My boyfriend takes a medication, but I don't know how to spell it. He only has to take it once a day. I just want something that will treat my stomach well, that won't hopefully make me gain weight, and there will most importantly help control my blood sugar. Any ideas, or dots, it would be very much appreciated.

Thank you so much!

Terri 

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