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<blockquote data-quote="mrawfell" data-source="post: 319560" data-attributes="member: 34555"><p>To me Metformin ( Glucophage SR ), is both a blessing and a curse. It definitely keeps my glucose level in check, last HbA1C was 4.4, doctor seems concerned about it being too low, so suggested cancelling the Glucophage. However my FBS is now higher than I would like, 6.5. </p><p>The side effects are my main concern, it makes me constipated, ( apparently normal side effect is a loose bowel movement ! ). I have retired out of the UK, and all drugs I have to pay for. ( I have a good relationship with my doctor, and don't pay her, if I did the cost would be about 3 GBP ). This goes for testing as well. I opted to buy my own kit, I am concerned about my life, so no contest. So if you don't get a meter and test strips on the NHS, weigh the cost against what it could cost you in terms of life span, eyesight, feet. As somebody once wrote on here, " I want to die with my feet on "</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrawfell, post: 319560, member: 34555"] To me Metformin ( Glucophage SR ), is both a blessing and a curse. It definitely keeps my glucose level in check, last HbA1C was 4.4, doctor seems concerned about it being too low, so suggested cancelling the Glucophage. However my FBS is now higher than I would like, 6.5. The side effects are my main concern, it makes me constipated, ( apparently normal side effect is a loose bowel movement ! ). I have retired out of the UK, and all drugs I have to pay for. ( I have a good relationship with my doctor, and don't pay her, if I did the cost would be about 3 GBP ). This goes for testing as well. I opted to buy my own kit, I am concerned about my life, so no contest. So if you don't get a meter and test strips on the NHS, weigh the cost against what it could cost you in terms of life span, eyesight, feet. As somebody once wrote on here, " I want to die with my feet on " [/QUOTE]
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