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Reviewer: Sue, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Causes excessive weight gain
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Reviewer: 25-34 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Unfortunately, I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 30. I was on metformin 1000mg once a day which wasn't working. Numbers were still in the low 300's. Dr bumped me to 1000mg twice a day. Made me very sick to the point of calling into work for extreme diarrhea. Stopped taking it and contacted my Dr. He put me on 5mg twice a day. While it has helped my numbers, they vary const
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Reviewer: 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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This has not worked for me, while it brought down my levels some it did not lower them to were they need to be.
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Reviewer: Sheckej, 55-64 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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Causes blood sugar crashes too frequently, makes me feel very skeptical on taking it. the crash comes on rapidly, break out in cool sweat, dizziness, shaking/trembling; have to very quickly take something with sugar and rest for 15-20 minutes fo it to subside.
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Reviewer: Steve7910, 45-54 on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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My Dr. switched me to to Glipizide after my insurance stopped covering my Glyburide (that I took for more than 15 years and worked great), this doesn't work for me at all, if I wasn't taking Metformin also my sugars would be in the 400's, I know because when I saw how bad my numbers were after the switch I stopped the metformin for a week to see if the Glipizide did anything,it didn
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