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Originally Posted by serialmom12
Is anyone taking Glipizide? How is it working for you?
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I'm not on it - and would likely refuse to take it. I'm controlling blood glucose with a low carb diet. Since Glipizide makes you pump out a background level of insulin (whether needed or not), if you aren't eating enough carbs you can easily become hypoglycemic.
I'm also concerned about it putting additional stress an already overstressed pancreas - although I'd need to research that more thoroughly before I rejected it for that reason alone.
If I get to the point where I might need it, I'll talk to my doctor about adding insulin directly (and more controllably). It would be worth the inconvenience to me.