Re: Creg, a study of failure.

Michael <micoder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Michael wrote:
: > I had been taking 100 mg per day of atenolol. I switched to 80 mg per
: > day of Coreg. I did this because there was some speculation generated by
: > studies showing that Coreg did not cause high BG levels.
: >
: > I started taking this drug 3 weeks ago. My diet continued to be the
: > same. I eat 10 grams of carbohydrate or less per day.
: >
: > My BG readings started creeping up. Things got so bad that after a meal
: > that included 4 grams of carbohydrates, my BG shot from 114 to 156.
: > Things had developed so badly that I had to give up almost all
: > vegetables. A large salad consisting of ice berg lettuce, cauliflower,
: > green pepper, romaine lettuce, and broccoli with vinegar and oil caused
: > a 20 point jump in BG. I then went to a small salad, and finally no
: > salad. I am reduced to meat, eggs, and water. My BG will still never go
: > below 113. I mean that would be my lowest reading if the day.
: >
: > Yesterday I started back on atenolol. I will post later after I find out
: > if this Coreg was the problem. I think it is, because my BG readings
: > started creeping as soon as I started. This is too much of a coincidence.
: >
: > Michael
: >
: > (in beta blocker hell)

: Thanks all for the replies. My physicians here (I have two) are ignorant
: of the effect beta blockers have on type 2. So, it is a little more
: difficult for me to deal with this problem.

: Well a couple of days back into atenolol and I saw a reading of 95. That
: was pretty nice. I had a salad this evening and my BG only went up 7
: points.

: I will skip the salad tomorrow and just have the meat eggs and water.
: This seems to help a fair amount. The good news is that I am losing
: weight eating like this.

: I may ask to be put on some med for insulin resistance. I would like to
: be able to have a piece of fruit someday.

: I guess I should not take my failure with coreg to personally. It was
: kind of a depressing experience. This drug is advertised as the answer
: for a beta blocker that does not raise BG. Likely story. Basically it
: made my BG run wild.

: Michael

Just one small point. You speak of your bg umping or spiking 20 points
after eating a meal conaining salad. that is not a spike. Most meals
raise you bgs more than that adn then they come down. You really should
not try to have close to the same reading after eating as before in a
short timeI think youur porblem maay well be gettign the before meal
number down so the post meal nmber is no more than 140 at 1 hour and 120
at two.

I am a type 2 of over 23 years and still have no complications and have
been followint that pattern as much as possible for the last 13-14 years.
I do take metformin and a tiny dose of amaryl at night for fbgs

Wendy
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