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<blockquote data-quote="ButtterflyLady" data-source="post: 917473" data-attributes="member: 43498"><p>Some people find metformin intolerable with nasty side effects, but most people don't.</p><p></p><p>I seem to be able to take immediate release metformin on an empty stomach without problems, for example.</p><p></p><p>The only time it was a problem was when I was due to have surgery and the anaesthetist failed to tell me beforehand to stop my metformin the day before. This meant that, combined with the pre-op fast, I had a hypo. It was easily corrected but it could have been easily avoided if he had told me not to take it.</p><p></p><p>So, apart from when you are actually fasting, I think it's fine to take it on an empty stomach, if you are one of the people who don't get the bad side effects.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ButtterflyLady, post: 917473, member: 43498"] Some people find metformin intolerable with nasty side effects, but most people don't. I seem to be able to take immediate release metformin on an empty stomach without problems, for example. The only time it was a problem was when I was due to have surgery and the anaesthetist failed to tell me beforehand to stop my metformin the day before. This meant that, combined with the pre-op fast, I had a hypo. It was easily corrected but it could have been easily avoided if he had told me not to take it. So, apart from when you are actually fasting, I think it's fine to take it on an empty stomach, if you are one of the people who don't get the bad side effects. [/QUOTE]
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