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    • 14 hours, 32 minutes ago
      Greg Felton likes your comment at
      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I fell in love with an insulin-dependent Type 2 20 years ago. There’s something terribly romantic about taking Lantus together at the end of the day.
    • 15 hours, 3 minutes ago
      ConnieT1D62 likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      One time I was explaining that a new pump would be too expensive at the time because my deductible had just started over.. and she asked if I had insurance and I said yes….. then she said “then it should be free with insurance.” 🤦‍♀️ She may know a little about the challenges of living with diabetes, but she knows nothing about how insurance works or how costly T1D supplies are.
    • 15 hours, 22 minutes ago
      Steve Rumble likes your comment at
      If you have T1D, have you ever dated or married someone who also has T1D?
      I fell in love with an insulin-dependent Type 2 20 years ago. There’s something terribly romantic about taking Lantus together at the end of the day.
    • 15 hours, 53 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      I am an RN. Been going to same doctor for about ten years. Took me six years to train him. I am very well read when it comes to my LADA. He trusts my judgement and gives me excellent parameters to make decisions. Recently had a bad case of Covid. Insulin needs changed dramatically. Getting back to normal but he made sure I had scripts to cover my ups and downs with insulin needs.
    • 15 hours, 53 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      Mine acknowledges the struggles and challenges that go along with managing T1D in my daily life. She gives suggestions as to what may or may not help and has often asked me I how I handle situations so she can give suggestions to other T1D patient's.
    • 15 hours, 54 minutes ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      None of my endocrinologists or NPs have had T1D but I always discuss my challenges and they are incredibly helpful. What I always find astonishing is they are constantly amazed at how well I’m doing even when i don’t think I’m doing that well because most of their patients have nowhere near the A1c’s I’m able to achieve. And just hovers in the 6’s!
    • 16 hours, 19 minutes ago
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      The hard spots are fairly frequent with the pump infusion sets. Especially if I go past 3 days which I try to avoid! I don’t think I ever got one from injections. I try heat and massaging to treat them and they normally go away after a day or so. Once I had a large area that I had to treat with antibiotics.
    • 16 hours, 21 minutes ago
      Magnus Hiis likes your comment at
      Have you experienced any symptoms of physical sexual dysfunction as a result of having diabetes, or having diabetes-related complications?
      I’m 79. My last orgasm was springtime about 3 or 4 years ago. When I complained of ED, my PCP Rxd 3 to 5 (60-100 mg) sildenafil tablets by mouth about one hour prior to sexual activity. This alone hasn’t worked to bring me up to former sexual capacity that I had 10 years years ago. I’m still considering consulting finding a doctor who’ll prescribe a safe but effective way of administering testosterone or an anabolic steroid in a dose low enough to avoid causing cardiovascular problems but high enough to restore normal ability that I had up to my sixties. My present doctors say it can’t be done, but there are doctors who advertise otherwise. Analogs of the hormone insulin can be delivered in small safe doses, why not testosterone?
    • 1 day, 8 hours ago
      Becky Hertz likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      We are all so very different, and trying to say that all of us with T1 understand what it's like for another who has the same hill to climb is unproductive. Having a health care provider with T1 may often be helpful just because there's apt to be more knowledge about the specifics. How we respond to the disease is such a personal matter, that I really don't think there are any guaranteed benefits beyond the grasp of the factual. Finding a doc with the same general attitude about the disease does feel good, and sometimes that's all I hope for after working hard to make peace with the disease for 70 years. Asking my doc to "get it" used to be almost my mantra, but I've come to realize that the ones who don't just see us as unruly childrenchildren
    • 1 day, 8 hours ago
      Becky Hertz likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      Both my endocrinologist and my nurse practitioner are great. They compliment me on the way I take care of my life and health and make aure I get all the supplies I need managing all the paperwork Medicare and insurance requires. My nurse practitioner who works with me on managing the pump has her own opinion about the pump settings based on her technical knowledge which is different than what I do with my settings based on living with them. She has thru the years learned to respect what I do and is surprised with how my settings work. So we are now at peace. Both very supportive.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
      pru barry likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      Yes. However, for those of you who assert, "It takes one to know one," the same might be said of age. Geriatrics is a marvelous array of marvels.
    • 1 day, 11 hours ago
      mojoseje likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      I said yes but that refers to my nurse practitioner who sees me every other visit, if not more often. The doctor may know how hard I try but perhaps takes my efforts for granted.
    • 1 day, 13 hours ago
      Anneyun likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      How can someone without the disease really understand what it is to live with it? I have never had a doctor with T1D in 60 years.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Bruce Schnitzler likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      Yes. However, for those of you who assert, "It takes one to know one," the same might be said of age. Geriatrics is a marvelous array of marvels.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Kristine Warmecke likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      My endo is young, very empathetic, thorough, always asks for my input, and does research. I am blessed too. have him, and the one before for over 25 yrs.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      Kristine Warmecke likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      Yes. However, for those of you who assert, "It takes one to know one," the same might be said of age. Geriatrics is a marvelous array of marvels.
    • 1 day, 14 hours ago
      lis be likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      None of my endocrinologists or NPs have had T1D but I always discuss my challenges and they are incredibly helpful. What I always find astonishing is they are constantly amazed at how well I’m doing even when i don’t think I’m doing that well because most of their patients have nowhere near the A1c’s I’m able to achieve. And just hovers in the 6’s!
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Daniel Bestvater likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      My provider does not have T1. Only someone with it can truly understand the various daily challenges and worth it takes to manage this.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      TEH likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      My provider does not have T1. Only someone with it can truly understand the various daily challenges and worth it takes to manage this.
    • 1 day, 15 hours ago
      Lawrence S. likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      I have no clue what my T1D health care provider understands about my daily challenges and I don’t know about his daily challenges either. Not sure why I should care as long as I have access to information how to best take care of myself.
    • 1 day, 16 hours ago
      Jeff Marvel likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      My provider does not have T1. Only someone with it can truly understand the various daily challenges and worth it takes to manage this.
    • 1 day, 16 hours ago
      Richard Wiener likes your comment at
      Do you feel that your T1D healthcare provider understands the daily challenges and work that goes into living with T1D?
      My provider does not have T1. Only someone with it can truly understand the various daily challenges and worth it takes to manage this.
    • 2 days, 7 hours ago
      sweetcharlie likes your comment at
      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      Hi Connie, I still have my glass syringe and show it off occasionally. We boiled the needle and syringe every morning and sharpened the needle with a file. I was diagnosed at age 6 in 1963. Life is so different now! Then, my diet was extremely limited as was my exercise. Now, I am very active and eat pretty much as I please. I maintain an A1C in the low 6s (6.2 was my last).
    • 2 days, 7 hours ago
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      Connie and Beth, I was diagnosed in Nov 1962, age 10. During the early years I developed lumps and indentations on my upper thighs from my injections. In fact, I was able t o spot other t1 kids in my junior high school based upon the lumps in their upper arms.. (I eventually met up with them and learned that I was correct.) By the time I reached my twenties, these indentations had more or less disappeared, but I still have remnants of the lumps. I wish I could say that the layers of tissue now deposited on my legs disguises them, but they don't. I think the changes in insulin have been responsible for this improvement: the isolation and purification of animal insulins were refined, and then the various human clones were game changers in many ways.
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      Have you developed lipohypertrophy due to repeated injections/infusions of insulin? Lipohypertrophy is a term to describe hardened lumps of body fat just under the skin that resulted from repeated insulin injections/infusion sites. If so, share how you’ve handled lipohypertrophy in the comments!
      Yes in my upper arms when I was a petite and skinny child in the 1960s with T1D. In those days we used glass syringes with stainless steel 1/2 inch long heavy gauge needles. My mother would jab me in the upper arms, it hurt like the dickens, and I developed several hard nodules. I was diagnosed at age 8 in December 1962 and after the initial two months of her jabbing me in the upper arms, I took over giving my own "shots" and started self injecting via site rotation in my thighs for several years. Eventually the lipohypertrophy in my upper arms resolved and I never injected there again until many years later as an adult on MDI using disposable syringes with very short and fine gauge needle tips. Periodically I would give my tired pin cushion thighs a rest and take a break for a few months or a couple of years and rotate injections in my abdomen or upper arms. Have been using a pump for over 20 years now and rarely use MDI unless I am taking a pump break for a short period of time. Happily, I no longer have lumpy sites.
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    Health care providers may prescribe medications for other illnesses or indications (like type 2 diabetes medications) that might be helpful for a person’s concern or problem with T1D – commonly called ‘off-label use’. Does your provider prescribe you any type 2 diabetes medications ‘off-label’? Select all that apply.

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    39 Comments

    1. ConnieT1D62

      My endo provider prescribes a very small dose of Victoza (0.8u) daily to address stress eating, weight management and better post meal BG control. I have been on it for 6 years now.

      Originally she prescribed Symlin but it caused too many unpredictable episodes of hypoglycemia even though it did help with satiety. She suggested Victoza and through trial and error, we adjusted the dose by titrating up slowly from one click of the pen (0.1 u) to 6 clicks (0.6 u) which is normally the recommended starting dose for most people, but was WAY TOO MUCH for me and caused nausea and GI issues when she first prescribed it and followed the recommended dosing titration schedule. It took 6 months of slow titration to reach the 0.6 dose and I remained on that for quite a while until we moved it up another click of the pen notch after a year and a half, and gradually up to a dose of 0.8u .

      It really helps with satiety and tendencies to overeat. I was able to curb emotional stress eating habits and to gradually lose 20 lbs of stubborn excess weight. I am petite boned and 5’0″ tall. Using a GLP-1 has helped with me personally with overall BG control and lifestyle improvement.

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      1. Joan Fray

        Good for you, Connie! Btw, I used to be 5’7, but now I’m 5’4”!

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      2. ConnieT1D62

        Correction about titrating low dose of Victoza:

        Each 10 clicks of pen = 0.6u (typical starting dose)
        12 clicks = 0.8u (which is what I use)
        20 clicks = 0.12u (typical mid-range dose)
        30 clicks = 1.8u (typical full dose)

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    2. Mary Dexter

      I have enough trouble keeping them from arbitrarily changing my diagnosis to Type 2 because I don’t look like a little kid. Getting my insulin prescriptions renewed is difficult enough.

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      1. kristina blake

        “Not looking like a little kid” is why I like to remind HCP’s that 40% of new T1D Dx’s are adults and if a person is Dx’d with T1D as a child and gets access to the care, Rx’s and supplies they need, they get to grow up to be an adult with T1D.

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    3. Larry Martin

      #BigPharma at work it sounds like!! Doctors being paid to prescribe medicine NOT needed because they get a kickback when a patient sees a TV ad. There is only ONE medication for Type 1 Diabetes, Insulin. We are the only country on this planet that allows TV ads for prescriptions. It is why we pay so much for meds. We are paying for their advertising and they get a 100% write off for the cost. $$$ instead of healthcare.

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      1. JuJuB

        @Larry – doctors absolutely 100% do NOT receive kickbacks. Look up “The Sunshine Act”. Every financial gain your physician earns from a pharmaceutical company is reported, and made public information. Right down to the pens and the little finger stick thingies Eli Lilly leaves behind.

        PAYERS receive a rebate based on the number of their patients who fill a prescription. The value of the rebate varies by plan and by drug (and, therefore, by manufacturer). While there is a lot of money changing hands, it is NOT getting to the doctors.

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      2. Jneticdiabetic

        There are legitimate reasons for a doctor to prescribe a medication off-label if they think its mechanism of action could benefit their patient. A lot of T1Ds also struggle with insulin resistance and might benefit from T2D meds that specifically addresses that. There are some good examples on the comments here.
        There are federal and state laws in place to avoid physician conflicts of interest. Nothing is full proof, but the risk of million dollar lawsuits and felony charges are pretty effective disincentives. I like to believe most MDs are decent folks.
        Agree that the TV ads are disturbing. “Ask your doctor if ‘medication x’ is right for you!”. Sometimes the commercial doesn’t even mention what condition the medication is for. I often wonder who’s going to their doctor to ask “I saw an ad about a medication that may cause death but the people looked very happy. Can I try it?”

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      3. ConnieT1D62

        Sometimes PWDs with T1 need other hormone replacement medications besides just insulin to enhance better outcomes. Everyone’s body mechanics and metabolism is slightly different and unique. A lot is influenced by environment & culture, habitual patterns and life style choices.

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    4. Robert Wilson

      Lisinopril

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      1. AimmcG

        Me too

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      2. cynthia jaworski

        this is a drug for blood pressure. I would assume this is not being prescribed “off-label.”

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      3. lis be

        They actually told me to take lisinopril to protect my kidneys, even though, at the time, my blood pressure was fine. Same with a statin to protect my heart, even though my cholesterol is fine.

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    5. mojoseje

      I was on Trulicity which really helped tame my appetite. I was using a lot less insulin but, then, my new insurance wouldn’t cover it. So I’ve had to stop using it.

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    6. CindyGoddard

      Yes Farxiga

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    7. Ernie Richmann

      Used metformin for awhile but stopped after having chest discomfort- a rare side effect.

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    8. Jim Cobbe

      My answer probably should be just no, but for many years I’ve been prescribed a cholesterol lowering drug although I have never ever had normal, let alone high, cholesterol, it has always been below ‘normal.’

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    9. Patricia Dalrymple

      I probably wouldn’t take it even if he prescribed it. I only take humalog. I prefer homeopathic medicine but don’t like the lack of knowledge that doctors have about it. For example, I know turmeric works for my joint pain because when I take it, pain goes away and when I don’t it returns. However, friends doctor told her it increases your blood pressure. I backed off how much I take. Her doctor said take magnesium citrate. A side affect helps you sleep and I now sleep through the night where before, I would wake up. But I worry about what it will do long term. And my doctor did suggest red yeast rice or red rice yeast (can’t remember how the words go) for my slightly elevated cholesterol instead of a statin which is real progress. That worked for my dad. But my husband says it can damage your liver. My doctor said nope, your liver is fine try it. Now that’s progress.

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      1. sweet charlie

        WOW!!!!

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    10. Louise Robinson

      I was dx’d Type 1 in 1976. I was letting my PCP handle my diabetes after retiring permanently to Florida in 2005. I had been experiencing more frequent hypoglycemic episodes with increasing A1c’s (from low 6’s into the low 7’s.) My PCP’s approach was initially to prescribe Avandia (generic name: rosiglitazone) since he suspected that I had developed insulin resistance. After 2 weeks on Avandia (along with my MDI of Lantus and NovoLog) and having experienced 2 severe hypos when I lost consciousness, I advised him I would not take the Avandia. (I had misgivings about taking it to begin with.) He then told me to increase my Lantus and eliminate my meal-time NovoLog. (????? This is when I seriously doubted he knew what he was doing.) This was in 2010. Shortly afterward, my husband and I left for vacation in Idaho. During our first night in Pocatello Idaho, I again suffered a sever hypoglycemic episode. My husband injected me with glucagon and drove me to the hospital (I had become ambulatory but not very coherent.) I was admitted to the hospital for multiple tests and scans because they feared I’d suffered a stroke. I was discharged the next day after multiple tests revealed nothing but hypoglycemia. We cancelled our vacation and returned to Florida where I sought an appointment with my PCP. When he advised me to continue with what he had previously recommended (increased Lantus dosage and elimination of NovoLog), I realized following his advice would kill me. I self-referred to an endocrinologist in Tampa (about 80 minutes drive away from where I live). That endo immediately reduced my Lantus dosage by 25% and re-educated me about carb to insulin ratios for meal-time insulin. I had resisted using an insulin pump when I had previously been under an endo’s care up north but, within 6 months of seeing this new endo, I began using my first insulin pump. (Sorry now I’d waited so long.) I learned to trust my gut about doctors and realized that my former PCP was either too arrogant or ignorant to realize treating my diabetes was beyond his skill set. I was lucky to survive his “care”. (He is still practicing in my community.)

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      1. Bonnie Lundblom

        Wow, I’m glad your story had a happy ending! The medical incompetence of a few MD’s when trying to manage Type 1 diabetic patients is scary.

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      2. Rafaela

        I had a similar experience with an endo who negligently recommended an extremely high dose of Lantau, which I’d never used before. It sent me into an unconscious low. I never went back to him, nor did I try Lantus again. He too is still practicing and I can’t imagine how.

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    11. Anthony Harder

      I am currently not taking any medications “off label.” (I answered “No”.) However, my doctor has discussed the possibility of doing this. He mentioned success doing this with other patients.

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    12. Bonnie Lundblom

      No, my A1C’s have been good for many years now and this subject has never once been discussed with me. The list of “Adverse Reactions” that comes with so many medications and many of them being severe I’d never take any of the medications listed in this question.

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    13. LizB

      I’ve thought about talking to my endo about something to help with weight loss but I haven’t. I have been able to lose 70 pounds over the last 13 months by watching my calories and while I still have a way to go I think I can do it without extra medications that my insurance won’t cover anyway. Even though I am overweight (still obese actually) I don’t have insulin resistance so reducing the amount I take isn’t something I need to do. Currently use around 24 units a day in my pump, eating an average of 150g of carbs daily.

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      1. Tina Roberts

        I take Wegovy which is the same as ozempic. I’ve maintained an 80 pound weight loss now for 4 years. I also took Saxenda. It works!

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      2. Tina Roberts

        I might add that my endocrinologist prescribed it for me. My insurance covers it as Wegovy, but not Ozempic. Hint hint 😁

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    14. Henry Renn

      Many years ago a T2 dx was added to my life long T1 dx. I was prescribed a med given to T2s. It did stabilize my bgs. Then it was taken off the market by the FDA.

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    15. Bob Durstenfeld

      Yes, due insulin resistance and weight gain, my endo put me on Acadbose, Metformin, and Slgt-2 Jardiance. It cut my daily insulin usage by 25% and my weight came back to my normal and has held steady.

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    16. Lawrence S.

      No, I don’t take any type 2, off-label medications.
      Once, I saw an Endocrinologist for the first time. After he told me he deals with thyroid patients, and doesn’t know much about diabetes, he wanted me to start taking Lipitor as a preventive medication. I told him no thank you. My lipids have always been excellent, I exercise regularly (aerobic), have very good blood pressure reading, and maintain my weight very well.

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    17. persevereT1D52

      My doctor gave me Farxiga to level out post meal BG. It helped a lot but insurance wouldn’t approve it and can’t use pay card if you have Medicare so I can’t afford it. It’s not right.

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    18. Rafaela

      I did ask once about a Type 2 medication to help with kidney deterioration, but my doctor dismissed it, saying it was for Type 2. That left me thinking it couldn’t be done, but plan to check into it further.

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    19. Tina Roberts

      GLP1 for weight control. Works fantastic. I’ve maintained an 80 lb weight loss using it in the last 4 years. Still on it and doing great.

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      1. KarenM6

        *high five!
        That’s fantastic, Tina! 🙂

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    20. Jillkdubois

      I was prescribed Metformin, I’ve been taking it for about a year to get my PCOS under control and high testosterone down, which after a few dosage increases it finally did. I also take significantly less insulin, I was taking 45 units of LANTUS every day, now I’m at 20, and insulin resistance is gone.

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    21. Amanda Barras

      My Endo prescribed Ozempic but I had too much intestinal distress and only moderate insulin changes and no weight loss in 2 months so I discontinued it.
      Also, I asked for and received an Rx of U-200 Humalog that I use in my pump in place of reg Novolog/Humalog U-100 because I’m highly insulin resistant.

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    22. Francisco Varea

      I take trulicity and actos. My glucose would not be under control without it.

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    23. Becky Hertz

      “No”, however I took Victoza (GLP-1″ for several years for insulin resistance.

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    24. mbulzomi@optonline.net

      As we all have learned, let them try on somebody else first. (A lot of somebody’s first)

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