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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Other
I've been off metformin since last October when I had my second heart attack. Strangely, the 2 hba1c tests I've had since then were better than when I was taking metformin. I put this down to the heart attack encouraging me to eat better.
I'm due another hba1c test this week and I'm afraid my previous good eating gave way to to a relapse into binge eating since the previous one. I managed to get control again during the last month, but the 2 months prior to that were pretty bad and I was eating bag loads of junk food every day.
So I'm expecting my next hba1c test to be high and think my gp will want to put me back on metformin again. I'm worried if I refuse, the gp might kick me off his practice. I live in a remote rural area and there isn't another gp within a reasonable distance.
So my question is can a gp refuse to treat you if you decline to take a medicine he wants you to take.
I'm due another hba1c test this week and I'm afraid my previous good eating gave way to to a relapse into binge eating since the previous one. I managed to get control again during the last month, but the 2 months prior to that were pretty bad and I was eating bag loads of junk food every day.
So I'm expecting my next hba1c test to be high and think my gp will want to put me back on metformin again. I'm worried if I refuse, the gp might kick me off his practice. I live in a remote rural area and there isn't another gp within a reasonable distance.
So my question is can a gp refuse to treat you if you decline to take a medicine he wants you to take.