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<blockquote data-quote="Alexandra100" data-source="post: 2480136" data-attributes="member: 429870"><p>[USER=306666]@Speedbird[/USER], my unscientific impression is that metformin is primarily effective against insulin resistance, which you don't have. However, it appears to have many other virtues. How it works in some respects seems to be a mystery. There is speculation that it works to reduce inflammation, which is usually seen as a good thing. Personally, I am keen to go on taking it until the pandemic is over, as it is said to protect diabetics from dying of Covid:</p><p><a href="https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/11795-metformin-use-reduces-risk-of-death-for-patients-with-covid-19-and-diabetes" target="_blank">https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/11795-metformin-use-reduces-risk-of-death-for-patients-with-covid-19-and-diabetes</a></p><p>Metformin is also claimed to be helpful in a myriad of undesirable health conditions:</p><p><a href="https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/metformin-health-benefits-why-they-likely-go-beyond-type-2-diabetes/" target="_blank">https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/metformin-health-benefits-why-they-likely-go-beyond-type-2-diabetes/</a></p><p>As far as I can see, the only drawbacks are possible gut issues, which presumably you don't have, the inconvenience of having to take a pill every day, and a possible long-term block to absorption of B12. I believe everyone taking metformin long term should ask to have their B12 levels checked every so often. A lack of B12 can be remedied with a supplement in pill form or maybe an injection.</p><p>In your position, if I did decide to stop metformin I would monitor very carefully whether my fasting bg had gone up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alexandra100, post: 2480136, member: 429870"] [USER=306666]@Speedbird[/USER], my unscientific impression is that metformin is primarily effective against insulin resistance, which you don't have. However, it appears to have many other virtues. How it works in some respects seems to be a mystery. There is speculation that it works to reduce inflammation, which is usually seen as a good thing. Personally, I am keen to go on taking it until the pandemic is over, as it is said to protect diabetics from dying of Covid: [URL]https://www.uab.edu/news/research/item/11795-metformin-use-reduces-risk-of-death-for-patients-with-covid-19-and-diabetes[/URL] Metformin is also claimed to be helpful in a myriad of undesirable health conditions: [URL]https://www.everydayhealth.com/type-2-diabetes/metformin-health-benefits-why-they-likely-go-beyond-type-2-diabetes/[/URL] As far as I can see, the only drawbacks are possible gut issues, which presumably you don't have, the inconvenience of having to take a pill every day, and a possible long-term block to absorption of B12. I believe everyone taking metformin long term should ask to have their B12 levels checked every so often. A lack of B12 can be remedied with a supplement in pill form or maybe an injection. In your position, if I did decide to stop metformin I would monitor very carefully whether my fasting bg had gone up. [/QUOTE]
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