RE: Follow-up question on medicines

[Guest guest]

Have you had your thyroid function tested recently? If not, maybe you

should. Thyroid deficiency (hypothyroid) can often cause problems like

yours...and often people with diabetes are also hypothyroid. Vicki

In a message dated 07/15/2002 1:42:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

jimchristianhall@... writes:

>

> A follow-up question: My health has not been good at

> all for the past

> year. I feel very weak and tired and my immunity is

> low. This is not

> due to blood sugar being high or low because it is

> under good control

[Guest guest]

Hi folks,

Thanks to all who answered my questions. The answers

were all helpful

and all of you were very positive and encouraging. I

had NO IDEA

that Actos can cause so much weight gain (see below).

A follow-up question: My health has not been good at

all for the past

year. I feel very weak and tired and my immunity is

low. This is not

due to blood sugar being high or low because it is

under good control.

But I have begun to wonder if the two medicines I am

taking, Glucophage

and Actos, may be playing a roll in my ill health.

I would like to hear from anyone who has had any

experience with these

two medicines - particularly anyone who has had

negative side effects.

Thanks again to everyone who answered previously and

thanks for

anyone who answers this one.

Best wishes to all, Jim

--- beeboppah wrote:

> I have gained 60 pounds on ACTOS. And my ankles

> swell...sigh.

> Doc says i have to work harder at my fitness

> routine. And for someone

>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 7/15/02 8:41:31 PM !!!First Boot!!!,

jimchristianhall@... writes:

<< had NO IDEA

that Actos can cause so much weight gain (see below). >>

Jim,

I was on Actos and I immediately gained like 5 pounds. I also had a major

problem with my gums swelling.

Kathy

[Guest guest]

Yes, I have had problems from both of these meds! I had diarrhea for 1-?

years when I was taking Glucaphage. I also landed in the emergency room

with congestive heart failure 2 times while I was taking Actos. It made my

feet, ankles, and legs swell so big I could hardly walk. Now, since my

liver problem (which was brought on by Actos, Lipitor, and Plavix, I'm only

on Insulin. Oh, BTW, I lost 18 lbs. When they took me off of those meds.

Well.maybe part of it was I refused to eat most of the hospital food when I

had the surgery on my neck. I kept saying " I can't eat bread, potatoes,

pasta, etc. but they just kept bringing them even though the dietician came

to my room almost every day and told them not to put those things on my

tray. It's a losing battle.

Tootie

Re: Follow-up question on medicines

" feel very weak and tired and my immunity is

low. This is not

due to blood sugar being high or low because it is

under good control.

But I have begun to wonder if the two medicines I am

taking, Glucophage

and Actos, may be playing a roll in my ill health.

I would like to hear from anyone who has had any

experience with these

two medicines - particularly anyone who has had

negative side effects.

..

[Guest guest]

Hi Tootie

Hank and I have been taking Actos since Dec and have had good results with no

complications. Just goes to show doctors and scientists have a lot to learn

about the body chemistry.

Carolyn

Type 2, Actos & Insulin occasionally

[Guest guest]

I didn't have liver problems before I started taking Glucophage, but the

doctor assures me it " couldn't me from the Glucophage " , as the amount I was

taking was so small. I still think it was, though. At any rate, it stopped

working, and he put me on Amaryl, which also stopped working. Then, he put

me on a combination of the two in one pill -- Glucovance -- which didn't

work either, that I could see. It made me feel awful -- terrible headaches,

so I got off of it myself. My blood sugar is going down steadily with a low

carb diet.

Sandy

But I have begun to wonder if the two medicines I am

taking, Glucophage

and Actos, may be playing a roll in my ill health.

I would like to hear from anyone who has had any

experience with these

two medicines - particularly anyone who has had

negative side effects.