EMPAGLIFLOZIN vs Losartan

I have my monthly checkup soon and my lab test came (finally) under 6 after 4 months of daily exercise and low carb diet (im currently just taking 25 mg empagliflozin). So incredibly grateful for this community and working towards managing it without any medications. 🥲 I will be celebrating with

I’ve been T2 for 10+ years and I was diagnosed at a pretty young age (21), so it’s really something I’ve been living with for my whole adult life, and over that time my treatment has changed, and new medications have been added where it’s been needed to help keep my levels under control. My GP has r

**So an Update: I asked my primary care doctor that I wanted to go and see an endocrinologist. I got told that I do not qualify to see one. She claims I am a diabetic but I can't go and see a endocrinologist.** So, went to my doctor at the VA end of last month. Had blood work done. No one told me

I just read in an article that someone was paying over $500 a month for that single drug alone. How in the hell do you poor US citizens manage your healthcare costs? It's difficult for me to get my head around tbh

I was diagnosed with diabetes roughly 3 weeks ago with an HBA1c of 12 and prescribed metformin xr, empagliflozin, sitagliptin, and got a cgm as well. Changed my diet abruptly and removed all food with added sugars and bad carbs and I found out doing IF 16/8 helps as well. Also added exercise through

In the last few months, I’ve been stress-eating and fully aware that my lifestyle is incredibly unhealthy. Despite knowing better, I didn’t care so much, overwhelmed by stress from work and my personal life. As a result, I started experiencing the usual symptoms—feeling thirsty and frequently needin

The warnings for Jardiance (Empagliflozin) include this statement Jardiance may increase the risk of lower limb amputation (especially of the toe and foot). The risk is higher if you have poor blood flow in the legs, nerve problems, foot ulcers, or have had a previous amputation. To lessen the risk

I recently spent four months doing a clinical trial with Empagliflozin. This is my experience and I want as many Type I's to see it as possible. I am writing this post in order to spread the word about its effectiveness in my case. It is not currently prescribed to Type I’s because there is risk of

Today went to see my cardiologist and no longer need to take losartan nor atorvastatin ! Got to a healthy weight and good diet that he said I no longer need the medication. Hopefully I can stay off it from now on. Im 5,8 went from 225lbs down to 185, eating a lot of food with high sodium to no/low

Hi, how is it going. Today I'm officially off blood pressure meds completely. With lifestyle changes, low sodium diet, low sugar, aerobic exercise and weight loss. I had blood pressure in the 170 to 180 systolic in January of 2025 after heart surgery on November 2024. I was 230 pounds and am current

I take 100 mg of Losartan daily, but before meds I was easily in the 140-150/90-100 range. Even after taking medication I was usually in the 130/90+ range. My resting heart rate used to sit at about 110 too. I felt like shit and my bod was so tense. But recently I stopped drinking and smoking and be

My blood pressure (seemingly) started giving me problems beginning of this year and I was put on losartan 50mg. I take that once a day and it seems to control my BP well (below 130/80). However, in the 4 months I've been on this medication, I've noticed when I'm on my period, my blood pressure shoot

Just felt compelled to write my positive experience with amlodipine. I've had high blood pressure for about 3-4 years. Average wasn't anything crazy, but around 150-160/90. I was prescribed 50 mg if Losartan, which seemed to do nothing. But I've been in it for the last 2 years. Finally, I decided Lo

I am a 35 year old male, recently diagnosed with stage 1 borderline stage 2 hypertension, my doc started me on 50 mg Losartan right away. I have a history of depression and anxiety and have tried Celexa, Lexapro, before finally settling in on Wellbutrin for a few years now, which has kept my normal

25m. I visited the doctor 2 months ago and was diagnosed with high bp and was put on 50mg Losartan. Was usually in the 150s/90 for the first week then it slowly worked but after my monthly visit back my doctor didn’t like the numbers so my dosage was doubled to 100mg. After 1 and a half months of lo

26m, started losartan in February and up until about 2 months ago it’s been goin great. I was exercising and eating right and doing everything i could to keep bp stead around the 120/80, when i last checked my bp about 2 months ago it was in that range.. These past 2 months I’ve been going through a