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    Metformin manufacturing problem?

    I have been told that Metformin is currently unavailable due to manufacturing difficulties. This is the second time in a month, so I am wondering if its a widespread problem. I got some pills from a local independent pharmacy, but I will need another script filling soon, and the chemist I...
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    A difference that makes the difference?

    I was diagnosed a year ago, and have got my waking levels down to between 5 and 6.2, so I thought I was doing o.k. Last week, I was told Boots were having problems getting Metformin SR, and they couldn't fill my prescription. I went to a different pharmacy, and got them straight away. I...
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    New and struggling

    Hi all. I was diagnosed amonth or so ago, with a fasting level of 19. I was given Metformin which sent me into a deep sleep for 12 hours and made me very cold. My G.P told me not to take it anymore. I tried low carbing but that lasted less than a week before I started zoning out and feeling...
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    what happens next?

    Hi. I am newly diagnosed, type 2, with a fasting level of 17. So far I have had no symtoms of diabetes ( no strong thirst, no weightloss, no excess peeing etc). My doctor sent me for tests after a routine eyetest had some weird results. I do have pain in my stomach that gets worse when I...