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Diabetes Type 2
People's stories
Aged 36 - 45
Tina - Interview 17
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Tina was diagnosed 12 years ago. Initially she tried to control diabetes with diet alone, then transferred to metformin. In 2004 she changed to insulin ...
Nasir - Interview 21
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Diagnosed 10 years ago, Nasir takes metformin and gliclazide.
Raj - Interview 06
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Raj was diagnosed when he was 41 when he was having routine tests for a blood disorder (polycythemia) that he has had for the last ...
Lawrence - Interview 33
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Diagnosed a year ago, Lawrence takes gliclazide and losartan.
Sylvia - Interview 38
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Diagnosed a year ago. Sylvia takes metformin, simvastatin and amlopidine.
Gugu - Interview 40
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Gugu was diagnosed 10 years ago. At first she was prescribed metformin. 3 years before the interview she was transferred to insulin.
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