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  1. johncornwell

    NHS Direct doctor says... NO testing when taking Metformin

    This discussion keeps coming up, my Four penn'orth is that if you need to phone any one about eating food you should not be doing blood tests. This is the only valid financial reason for not testing. If you can manage your own dietary requirements in conjunction with testing I think the NHS...
  2. johncornwell

    NHS Direct doctor says... NO testing when taking Metformin

    Type 2 diabetic, I was on metformin, I tested my blood glucose occasionly and when I felt weird, I should point here out I was on a 2nd course prednisolone for an asthma problem. On one of these weird occasions I tested my blood glucose and the machine said "higher than 33 mmol/L seek medical...