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Thanks for your reply Helena. If it is any consolation to you and your son, I was first diagnosed with T2 about 20 years or so but I am sure I was diabetic 20 years prior to that following a blood test. Unfortunately, my GP at the time mentioned I had a high SL but did not follow it up and not...

Many thanks Daibell and Kevin. It would seem that a split dose is the norm but I shall query this with my GP when I see him next, especially over why the manufacturers specify once a day. Lets hope one day they come up with a cure for this insidious disease!

Many thanks Hobs. I would imagine the GP's have their own agenda on this, so I shall continue taking the pills morning and evening until I take it up with my GP.

Thank you all for your response. Obviously your GPs have stipulated the varying times to take the pills, the same as mine but why would the manufacturers tell you to take them with your evening meal. Have any of you queried this with your GP?

Having been on Metformin for the past 20 years which I took after breakfast and evening meal, I am now on the maximum dose of 2000mg but unfortunately, this gave me severe diarrhea, so my GP prescribed the Prolonged Release tablets which put a stop to it. However, nothing was said about when...