Dapaglifozin medication for blood sugar

[Bejazzled]

Sorry, long, but every time I go to the GP all they seem to want to do is give me another drug and I just don’t feel I’m being listened to. I’m 62, a bit overweight with all that the menopause brings to the table as well and work full time. Previously more active with a lot of walking but not so much now.

I had pancreatitis in 2020 so the GP won’t prescribe Mounjaro to help me manage my weight and sugar.

I’ve been on Dapaglifozin 10mg for almost a year, the GP describing it as a medication that causes you to pee out the sugar.

But - I have noticed increasingly crepey appearance on my skin, and flare ups of knee pain too. I googled (!) and it does say that the drug can cause dehydration with joint pain being a side effect.

I’m thinking of just stopping it and trying something more natural to help with the blood sugar.
I’d love if anyone else could comment on their experience on this drug?

I'm on it along with other meds..I haven't saw any side effects.
But then we're all different in how we react to meds.
Hope you get it figured out.
Personally I wouldn't just stop id speak with diabetic nurse first if you have one.

I've been on it for a while, and was told I need to drink 2ltr of water to counteract any dehydration/ thrush. Do far so good

Is it just Mountjaro you can't take or all GLP1's ,? I was on Trulicity for a while as can't also have Mountjaro due to other medication

Yes. All GLP1s as they are hard on the pancreas apparently.
I wasn’t given any particular advice about drinking more water - I don’t think I drink as much as that. I’ll give that a try for a few weeks xx

Hope it works out for you and oldravers advice is the ticket for you and not back to the drawing board of pills &potions.

If you want a more natural option what kind of diet are you managing your diabetes with, how many carbs a day are you eating?

I assume you’re eating plenty carbs since you can’t low carb on a flozin but you could discuss stopping it and trying low carb diet instead. Or what about insulin if you don’t want tablets?