Information and opinions on health from FtrPlt at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/860279/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/860279/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/860279/index http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/860279/53151/orange-related Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:35:01 -0500 FtrPlt I am a Viet Nam veteran who was exposed to Dioxin in Viet Nam in 1967.  I was diagnosed with T2DM in 1996 but probably had the disease beginning 5 years earlier.  Initially, I was treated with 500 Mg of Metformin daily but that was increased over the years to 2,000 Mg daily.  Rosiglitizone 20Mg/day was added in 2001 but I switched to Pioglitizone 50Mg/day in 2007 due to reported heart related side effects of Rosiglitizone. ... http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/c/860279/53151/orange-related