Ok thank you. This morning it was quite a bit lower at 8.3, throughout the day it's around 7 still.
Would it be ok to take an extra 1 just as i go to sleep ?
(In the hopes of lower levels in the morning ?)
actually your wrong about the maximum dosage of Metformin !, the MAXIMUM dosage is as follows :The maximum dose of Metformin is 4 tablets, so the short answer would be no.
I never saw any difference when I stopped taking it, so I doubt it will have the effect you desire. It isn't anything fast acting, so it doesn't have an immediate effect anyway.
obviously you didnt read the box either !!!Obviously didn't read the information in the box.
Does it actually do anything for you?
It just made my life a misery and when I decided to stop taking it, I did not see any increase in my blood glucose levels.
No, it was the standard type.You seem to be doing fabulously well on a diet similar to mine. A couple thoughts on your symptoms:
- Were you taking extended release form of Metformin? I do way better on these but they are vastly more expensive.
- Were you taking non colored version. I had similar reactions to a Yellow colored generic and anything manufactured by the TEVA compny, whoever they are. Their Metformin is kind of dark pink speckled . And sometimes what pills are made from in the inactive ingredients makes a difference. You will note that same strength generics can be different sizes. By the way, although Dr. Berstein touts original version of Metformin, Glucophage, as woth the extra money, I am actually allergic to this version.
- I will never take another statin in my lifetime because of the muscle wasting, muscle pain, tendonitis and gastro problems caused. You can manage sholesterol without them.
-Do you take other drugs, cardiac drugs being the most egregious, especially ARBs? I took three different formulations with the same devastating gastro side effects that you describe.
I would complain about that nurse. Her attitude was not professional or in keeping with good medical practice.I was seen by the practice nurse and told that it was essential that I took the tablets no matter what they did to me.
Me again. You might find this of interest: https://www.medpagetoday.com/Primar...id=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-05-12&eun=g599609d0r&pos=4No, it was the standard type.
I do take thyroxine and have needed it for a long time - it took a long time to diagnose, so I needed it long before I got it, long after I asked about it too.
Otherwise I was taking after the rest of my family - no serious illness, not even the classic signs of diabetes. I suspect I was diagnosed because I went to have my annual blood test for thyroxine and the nurse spoke to me for a minute or two and then went to get a different set of vials and forms to the one she'd got on her desk. I am normally sent to the hospital for blood to be taken, but I was hit by a car last August and so I asked if I could have the test done at the clinic as it is so much closer and I was still hobbling.
Interesting - but my TSH was about 4000 times the highest normal level at diagnosis, and although it was adjusted up in the first year, it has now been reduced, so I am fairly confident that it is required and properly monitored.Me again. You might find this of interest: https://www.medpagetoday.com/Primar...id=nl_mpt_DHE_2017-05-12&eun=g599609d0r&pos=4
... but the more I took the more they suppressed my appetite until I was hardly eating anything
Another example of how different we all are!!
They have made absolutely no difference to my appetite at all - wish they would - at least a little -
There is a law of diminishing returns with Metformin. 1000Mg can lower HbA1C by 1%, but 2000 only by 1.25%. So the larger does of Metformin has very little extra benefit. In comparison a low carb diet can lower HbA1C by 5%, so is much more effective in lowering blood sugar.
Just taking Metformin will not reduce high blood sugars to normal levels, but it does help a little.
I read how much reduction of HbA1C from Metformin from some journal on the net. The data was similar to this one ... http://www.jwatch.org/jw201204030000003/2012/04/03/how-much-does-metformin-lower-hba1c-levelHow Much Does Metformin Lower HbA1c Level? I am on 2 x 500mg tablets each evening as well as Insulin morning & evening. Are those figures you quote backed up by the medical profession? I am also on a LCHF diet since February and although my fasting BS has risen from around 5 to between 6 - 8, yet my Insulin needs have dropped from 44 am to 28 units and from 34 pm to 14 units. I will be having my next HbA ic in August. The one in February was 7.6
Thank you Art Of Flowers, that was a very professional answer - one I will treasure.I read how much reduction of HbA1C from Metformin from some journal on the net. The data was similar to this one ... http://www.jwatch.org/jw201204030000003/2012/04/03/how-much-does-metformin-lower-hba1c-level
See this diagram to see what a 1% reduction looks like e.g. 86 to 75 mmol/mol.
- In comparisons between metformin monotherapy and placebo (or no drug treatment), metformin reduced mean HbA1c level by 1.1%.
- In comparisons involving metformin plus insulin versus insulin alone, addition of metformin reduced mean HbA1c level by 0.8% in patients with type 2 diabetes. In patients with type 1 diabetes receiving insulin, add-on metformin therapy had no HbA1c-lowering effect.
- In comparisons between low-dose and high-dose metformin (usually 1000 vs. 2000 mg daily), HbA1c level was 0.3% lower with high-dose therapy.