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Hi @Jo1984 I'm on Metformin Slow Release - 2 x 1000 (all taken together at night) as well as insulin (Novomix - 22units with breakfast and 16 with dinner) .I've been under 4 only twice - 3.8 once - with no feelings of hypo at all - and 3.2 once - when I did feel some efects. Neither of...

Ha ha - glad I'm not the only naughty one - mine slide down very nicely accompanied by a glass of Baileys and milk - not every night though, I hasten to add.

Thanks for your words of wisdom @Sid Bonkers - shame the OP seems to have been scared off

It's a shame that the personal arguments about how to handle things - relevant as they may be - despite many of those who have posted not actually using insulin - do not seem to be answering @Kennypot 's original post!!

Looking a bit deeper into this (as a moderate drinker on metformin XR) there was a paper (OK published back in 2003) - that apparently concluded - "A systematic review concluded no data exists to definitively link metformin to lactic acidosis" Salpeter S, Greyber E, Pasternak G, Salpeter E...

Thanks for that, I don't tend to use just one pharmacy though - get prescriptions made up generally wherever is convenient at the time - so probably wouldn't work for me at the moment. I find the website http://www.nps.org.au/ pretty good for checking any info I need

I'm the naughty one on here I think - I still drink - not excessively (normally) but certainly a glass of wine (or even 2 - shock - horror) with dinner some evenings and a Baileys and milk during the evening too sometimes - doesn't seem to be causing me any problems. Also over indulged a little...

Crikey sounds like we are very lucky with our public health system here in my part of Australia at least - despite the doom and gloom merchants who are suggesting it's in serious trouble!! I've had two 1 hour sessions with the same dietician since diagnosis - and with massively improved levels...

I think it is VERY MUCH down to the individual and their circumstances. When I was diagnosed back in November - with absolutely no symptoms - I had been at a constant 75kg for months and months. Started on insulin at the end of that month (and NO I DID NOT BELIEVE I COULD THEN EAT/DRINK ANYTHING...

Have you read the previous replies to your earlier posts? Plenty of good advice has already been given

Fortunately not also - regularly get legs, underarms and brows waxed (and brows tinted) and no reaction - again either before or after starting on Metformin (slow release). I take all mine last thing at night - usually at least 2 hours after eating though and no ill effects at all - so maybe...

I'm a naughty girl Kirsty - I drink in moderation at home - normally white wine (dry) with dinner most nights and/or a Baileys and (semi skimmed) milk after dinner. I was in Bali over Christmas, less than a month after starting on insulin - where cocktails are way cheaper than here in Australia...

OK - seeing your more recent post - have you double checked the reading, did you wash and dry your hands before testing, have you eaten a particularly high carb meal recently.

Think the only sensible advice would be to see a doctor as soon as you can. Whatever is causing the high blood sugar readings - they are not good, and long term at that sort of level is only going to cause trouble. Are you experiencing any symptoms of high glucose levels -...

Does it??? Is that the case with the slow release?? Not been told that and only discussed it with my GP on Tuesday when she added MORE meds to help slow my heartbeat before major surgery early next month. I take mine all at night - immediately before bed - but that is generally only just over a...

Blokes are so lucky - when do you ever NOT wear separates. Dresses are such an issue!! Not sure I'd fancy injecting into arms unless they were pretty chubby - never tried the legs - and I realise as a type 2 that's only been injecting since the end of November, my situation is different - but...

Certainly hope not :)

Ha ha @Liam1955 - I may have missed some relevant posts - but can't help but agree with the apparent obsession of some for consistent low readings!! The ultra low carbers get me a bit too - let alone fasting. Surely anyone (like you and me at least) who are on insulin have to eat some carbs in...

Still struggling to understand some of the anomalies - but I have been instructed to take all my metformin (maximum effective dose apparently) at night - and have had that queried by a health professional on here as being pretty unique!! Have also read that metformin has little or no effect on...

Must have taken a while though for it to have become generally available. My ex mother in law (91 and still going strong herself) lost a sister to diabetes in 1935 in Essex. She was 14.