I've been on metformin for about two months now. I started with 500mg to see if any explosive resuts happened bathroom-wise, and upped to 100mg after about a week.I been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin.
Anyone got any advice?
thanks. I judt picked up my prescription. 500mg so think ill start by taking half a tablet with my meal this eve
I'd do the 500 at once, unless the tablet clearly looks like it can be broken. The lowest dose prescribed seems to be 500mg.thanks. I judt picked up my prescription. 500mg so think ill start by taking half a tablet with my meal this eve
oh..thanks for this tip. I did halve the tablet. Just looking at my libre pattern overnight till now....I have had a straight stable line. Usually its like a yoyo.I’d be careful with halving them. Metformin comes in 2 forms, ordinary or slow release. The slow release is prescribed if you have digestive reactions to the metformin, or the GP thinks you might have. If you halve the tablet it will all release at once and you will get the full effect. The ordinary one doesn’t have the slow release coating.
Good luck with it.
Margaret
What an amazing and happy result!3 days into metformin. Cannot believe how this single tablet has stabilised my BG. Its taken 21 years to get this perfect stable line
I was as a type 1 put on Metformin when I developed insulin resistance out of the blue. The amount of insulin I needed tripled and started to affect my weight. Since I take metformin the amount of insulin has gone down again. The consultant said the resistance comes from getting older and being decades on insulin. I am in my sixties. The metformin has one ugly side effect tho. I have the runs every couple of weeks. But I rather take the one day runs then putting on lots of weight.I been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin.
Anyone got any advice?
Well just so you are aware, I was originally put on Glucophage, I was violently sick and when I took the second I again became very ill. It took several days to get rid and get better. Now, it gets better, after several years my diabetic doctor called me in and under observation told me it was a new pill, I had severe stomach pains, my eyes went funny they gave me morphine BUT a second pill. My muscles stopped working and it affected my vision, my brain, my eating etc. It appears that I was lied to and this was yet another metformin. They kept me in for monitoring for 2 days, I could not see to watch TV even at about 2 feet, I had problems with my hands, walking etc. It was 2 weeks before I could drive, and watch TV, 6 weeks before I could ride my motorcycle. The nurse in the hospital after they had stopped the second pill told me the doctor had lied, it was metformin. You are warned. My father was a diabetic and had problems with insulin, and they ended up putting him on Porcin. Here they refused porcin BUT my BP had surges going up to 250 /200 I had chest pains. Eventually after some brainstorming a doctor suggested that I had a form of allergy that was not detected by normal means but tests showed that I WAS having chest pains. He suggested that I use Desloratadine, an anti histamine, and that has worked, but of course as time rolls on both insulin and the Deslor have had to be increased. Whilst I am over weight I have an industrial back injury so walking is often poor, butI been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin.
Anyone got any advice?
I'd look at the side effects and compare with other drugs- speak LONG with the doctor! "No where in any suggestion of side effects does it say you'll pass balls of jelly like substance 'like clear tripe' BUT I DID!I been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin.
Anyone got any advice?
I been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin.
Did anyone get any advice?
I live in France and have been using it for about 30 years, no side affects everI been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin.
Anyone got any advice?
Do others find their blood sugars go up every time they're poorly. Ie bad cold , bronchitis etc?