OT: Anybody on the board a pharmacist or have a good knowledge of diabetic meds?

[Liverpooldawg]

Had a doctor prescribe me Pioglitazone HCL. The side effects look downright scary and I was wondering how common they are or they're side effects that 1:10,000,000 people get if they take 5X the recommended dose everyday for 20 years.

NEVER read the insert for a med you are taking. All it will do is scare you and none of the side effects likely will affect you much. The effects of untreated diabetes will kill you. My wife is a type one, not what you are evidently treating.

[RocketDawg]

NEVER read the insert for a med you are taking. All it will do is scare you and none of the side effects likely will affect you much. The effects of untreated diabetes will kill you. My wife is a type one, not what you are evidently treating.

Same can be said for the prescription meds that are advertised all the time on television. I suppose they are required to list the side effects, regarless of how likely, but if you listen to them you'd never take what was being pushed. Personally, I don't think advertising prescription meds should be allowed. The doc should tell you what you need - not you tell the doc.

[dawgoneyall]

Same can be said for the prescription meds that are advertised all the time on television. I suppose they are required to list the side effects, regarless of how likely, but if you listen to them you'd never take what was being pushed. Personally, I don't think advertising prescription meds should be allowed. The doc should tell you what you need - not you tell the doc.

Damn bingo...

[Mobile Bay]

NEVER read the insert for a med you are taking. All it will do is scare you and none of the side effects likely will affect you much. The effects of untreated diabetes will kill you. My wife is a type one, not what you are evidently treating.

This is terrible advice. I spent a year convinced I was dying and barely able to function. I had my doctor looking for lung tumors and just thought he couldn't find them.

Turns out the non stop hacking and coughing up of metallic tasting crud was caused by an ACE inhibitor, which 1/5 people experience.

[chef dixon]

This is terrible advice. I spent a year convinced I was dying and barely able to function. I had my doctor looking for lung tumors and just thought he couldn't find them.

Turns out the non stop hacking and coughing up of metallic tasting crud was caused by an ACE inhibitor, which 1/5 people experience.

That's a bad simple overlook by your provider. Sucks you had to do all that testing and stress.

[Liverpooldawg]

This is terrible advice. I spent a year convinced I was dying and barely able to function. I had my doctor looking for lung tumors and just thought he couldn't find them.

Turns out the non stop hacking and coughing up of metallic tasting crud was caused by an ACE inhibitor, which 1/5 people experience.

That is a well known side effect your provider should have picked up on immediately.