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How long have you been on metformin and dosage with normal kidney and liver function.Trying to assets just how long most people have been on these meds.
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I always thought the 30 or so kg I lost would do far greater damage than 3 metformin per day.Thanks for replying.20 years, although my liver function was screwed up by Rosiglitazone and has been poor ever since although not taken for 10 years at least. I did have on annual checkup 16 months ago where my GP said that my liver function was "normal". I have to investigate that further because it is now poor again and I need to get the actual numbers. I also believe that there are two different tests that they can use for the liver so I need to check.
I always thought the 30 or so kg I lost would do far greater damage
Hi. Why would weight loss cause liver damage. Typically it might be the opposite as weight loss would help remove and insulin resistance due to deposited fat. I've been on Metformin for 15 years and my liver function is normal; so is my kidney function.I always thought the 30 or so kg I lost would do far greater damage than 3 metformin per day.Thanks for replying.
Sorry perhaps the meaning wasn't clear.What I meant was that my body was so insulin resistant that without metformin there's no way I could have lost 25/30 kg.Hi. Why would weight loss cause liver damage. Typically it might be the opposite as weight loss would help remove and insulin resistance due to deposited fat. I've been on Metformin for 15 years and my liver function is normal; so is my kidney function.
metformin there's no way I could have lost 25/30 kg.
I don't actually know. I haven't had a liver function test in 10 years before metformin.I normally just have the urine test 2 times yearly.Since coming off medical cover.I will be asking for the kidney and liver function tests next visit in 1 month since being on this forum.Urine test showed trace protein which they said was normal.I did put on a lot of weight with.time release metformin.What are your liver and kidney function tests like? Are they within normal range or teetering on the edge, or abnormal? Are they getting worse since you started Metformin?
I don't actually know. I haven't had a liver function test in 10 years before metformin.I normally just have the urine test 2 times yearly.Since coming off medical cover.I will be asking for the kidney and liver function tests next visit in 1 month since being on this forum.Urine test showed trace protein which they said was normal.I did put on a lot of weight with.time release metformin.
David do you still take metformin ,my thyroid was low too so started thyroid meds too which are causing me a lot of problems.Do.You know for certain if the knee pain was from metformin.I was for a few days on crutches and do seem to have developed pain in the knees.I have done a lot of walking like 30 or more km a week for 6 years which could have contributed.That's very interesting, I can understand why, I had dreadful diarrhea for a long time, probably 4 years. Sadly it never helped me lose weight. I did start getting a lot of arthritic pain in my knees and I think cocodomol negated the effects of metformin.
I since changed back to the normal metformin and lost the weight problem was you take them at night so by the time evening came the appetite suppressing effect had worn off and I was starving.Also kidney pain they were no good for me there is a prof.Endocrinologist near me just 4 times the cost of a gp visit.Liver and kidney function blood tests are essential for diabetics, whether on Metformin or not. Here in the UK we get them at least annually, some (like me) 6 monthly.
Metformin is designed to help you lose weight, not gain weight. I suggest any weight gain is down to some other reason. Too many calories? Too many carbs causing too high insulin levels which in turn causes weight gain. (insulin is the fat hormone)? Or something else, but I doubt it is Metformin. It is an appetite suppressant.
Do.You know for certain if the knee pain was from metformin.
John is 500 mg of metformin of any benifit in such a small dose.I don't know just asking.Does it affect you blood sugar numbers.I have lowered kidney function when I asked him about the risk metformin would pose for further damage my GP assured me that at the low dosage I was on 500 mg per day the risk was minimal.
Sorry should add my liver function is fine have it tested every three months as am taking imuran.
Works very well at doing that.My hba1c was 5.4 and that's eating biscuits and chocolates.So maybe I will do the same on a stricter diet.To be honest I am no longer strictly taking it to control my blood sugars but as an aid to suppression of apatite that dosage it does little to control BG. When I reduced my Ac1 to 38 I was initially taken off them and GP only agreed to put me back on as an aid to control apatite.