jardiance vs januvia

[rlegro]

1. Jardiance, oh boy

My Type 2 illness was well under control with, first, Metformin, then with Metformin plus Januvia and then with those two plus Jardiance. In fact, my A1c went down farther with all three, as you might expect. But after 2-3 years on Jardiance it went TOO low, so my doctor cut the J dosage in half. Equilibrium once again. Free to be me! But, a couple months ago, disaster: I developed a terrible, painful fungal infection in my urinary tract. Anti-fungal treatments (oral and topical) cured that after a month but the doctor looked at the lab reports and said: This is a common side effect of Jardiance. So I'm taking you off.

Now my readings have gone back up. He thinks he can control with other dosage adjustments which we'll discuss next visit. Meanwhile, I'm relearning how not to be carefree about diet and exercise. Januvia like Jardiance helped me drop weight. On both together I went down to my high school weight (about a 20-25 lb loss). On Januvia alone, I'm gaining some of that back.