I'd love to know why he doesn't want you on a med that would lower your blood sugar. I have a friend who was on Lantus, Januvia, Metformin, glyburide and she still got high readings.

She finally went to an endocrinologist (your doc is an endo, right?) and her doc took her off of the Lantus (she said it bothered her stomach but it has NEVER bothered mine), he put her on Levemir (which is also a basal insulin), and she's now on Levemir, Januvia, Metformin, glyburide (as well as metoprolol, cumadin, another blood pressure med, a anti-arrythmic meds, and god knows what else.

When I hear what some peope are on I just marvel. I know people who take 15 meds a day.

Who on earth can do this? I asked one of my friends "do all of your doctors know which meds you are on, I mean do they speak to each other?" and she said "I have no idea". Then I told her that I read an article in Readers Digest where a 50 year old woman was worried that her 70 year old mother was on so many medicines and she took her mother to one of the doctors and he threw them out of the office when the daughter questioned all the meds. He actually threw them out saying "If you can't trust my judgement I can no longer be your doctor". Then they found a man who (for a fee) looks at all your meds and contacts your doctors and lo-and behold- they found a doctor who said "hey, you don't need to be on all these meds".

So the daughter actually lowered the mother's needs for all those prescriptions, and the mother was doing beautifully after that.

I can't imagine a physician getting mad when you pose the question "Do I really need to be on 13 meds?"

Good Lord

Melody

Good Lord!!!