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Absolutely! To be honest, I'm surprised I've lasted this long without restarting them but fingers crossed. Any ideas how long Metformin stays in the body for, once it's been stopped?

Good to hear there are, hopefully, no side effects. I'm surprised more people haven't done it though? Especially those that, like me, are obese at diagnosis and then lose some weight... No problem re the PM - no rush

Sorry Ken, I didn't make it very clear - I meant are there any known side effects associated with someone stopping Metformin? cheers

Absolutely - I still have plenty here and am more than prepared to restart them right now if I needed to... no problem with that. Any ideas what the side effects were? I've had a bit of a stomach upset for the past few days but that may not be linked. It's certainly not as bad as what I had...

Answered Ken, and the BNF comment above would my sense of my answer :P

The research was reading an article which stated that newly diagnosed type 2's should be given the opportunity to change their lifestyles (exercise and diet) before being put on any medication...

That's the funny thing. I've never been one to skip meals, especially not breakfast. I do hear what you're saying though, and not trying to be an awkward git :shock:

Hi all My first discussion that I've started... good to find this place, seems to be an excellent font of knowledge! So, my question, as above... has anyone here got experience of coming off Metformin? Any issues/side effects? About 3 months ago, I moved jobs and therefore introduced a daily...

Thanks Ken - good to find a diabetes forum that, so far, looks to be an excellent source of info :D There wasn't really a pattern to the low BM readings to be honest. Sometimes it could be because I'd been quite active, ie mowing the lawn etc, other times I'd just be sitting watching TV when...

Hi all First post here, so be gentle! Anyway, I'm really not sure where this "shouldnt go that low on metformin" comes from! I used to take metformin and recorded BM's of 3.2, 3.4 and plenty of times at 3.6 and 3.8 !