
King George Surgery
135 High Street, Stevenage, Hertfordshire. SG1 3HT
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Telephone: 01438 361111
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Diabetes Information – Sick Day Rules
This information also applies to any other patients taking the medications listed below for diagnoses other than Diabetes
- When you are unwell with repeated vomiting or diarrhoea, or fever with sweats and shaking … STOP taking the medicines listed below
- Contact your GP, pharmacist or named nurse
- You may need to carry out blood glucose and ketone checks and have a blood test in the lab organised by your GP
- Restart these medications when eating and drinking normally after 24-48 hours or as advised by your GP
- If on insulin seek medical advice regarding dose adjustment if uncertain – but never stop insulin
Diabetes and other medicines to stop temporarily – please call the surgery and speak with a GP
- Metformin
- SGLT2 inhibitors: names ending in ‘flozin’ e.g. canagliflozin, dapagliflozin, Empagliflozin
- GLP1 analogues (injectable): names ending in ‘tide’ – e.g. liraglutide, dulaglutide, lixisenatide
- ACE inhibitors: names ending in ‘pril’ – e.g. Ramipril, Lisinopril, perindopril
- ARBs: names ending in ‘sartan’ – e.g. – candesartan, losartan, Irbesartan
- NSAIDS: anti-inflammatory pain killers – e.g. ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac
- Diuretics: ‘water pills’ – e.g. – frusemide, bendrofluazide, indapimide, bumetanide
For more information about keeping well – please see the leaflets below for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes.
If you have any queries, please call us.