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I am T2 and am prescribed 3 tablets of Metformin 500mg tablets daily. Can someone tell me what is the specific purpose of Metformin as in: (a) Is it to try and stabilise my blood sugar levels at all times? In which case taking 1 tablet every 8 hours might be seen as optimum, (b) Is it to try...

I have just been reading the thread at "Can anyone tell me ..." which talks about "spiking" of blood sugar levels...

I have been hunting to find an explanation of what the "percentage" result means for a HbA1c test result with no conclusion. A typical figure is 7% but 7% of what? Thanks for any inputs.

Hi all, I am a 71 year old male with T2. I had drunk Diet Coke for some years but now find that enamel is departing from the edges of my teeth - I understand that this drink has acidity ph around 2.5. I look at a wide range of supermarket drinks and find that they have sugar levels up to 13%...

Hi, I am a T2 diabetic aged 71 with blood sugar around 6.8 mmol/L. I am fairly aggressively reducing my weight and am optimistic that I can reduce my blood sugar level further. If I am able to get myself back into a normal range of say 5.4 or lower, will the known damage already done to my...

I was recently shocked into increasing my attention to controlling my blood sugar - I am Type 2 Diabetic - prescribed and taking 4x500mg = 2g Metformin every day. The "shock" was based on one TV program in on 9th Nov. 2015 and I immediately commenced fasting on two non-adjacent days every week...