metformin

  1. P

    Is it safe to take creatine alongside metformin?

    Hello there, I’m a type 2 diabetic. My diabetes is currently well controlled with metformin (500mg x2 twice daily). I am starting to weight train and build muscle and interested in taking creatine supplements because it seems to be really beneficial for not only building muscle but for women...
  2. N

    Am I in DKA?

    Hi all and a HNY I’ve had diabetes type 2 for about a decade now and my hba1c has fluctuated between 48 and somewhere in the 90s. I’ve regularly taken metformin to hopefully manage this. Mid 2023 it had shot up to 68 so I was put on Jardiance then in September I was out on a bike ride and...
  3. C

    Diet rather than Victoza.

    Hi everyone, thanks for allowing me in! I am pre diabetic and weigh 25 stone. Clearly what I have is more than just a situation of "eat less, lose weight" as there are mental issues involved as I was neglected and starved as a child and now food is the whole world to me! I am not yet...
  4. P

    In you experience does Metformin cause you pancreatitis? Odd situation combo type 3c + type 2?

    Hi Everyone. A bit of an odd situation. I have a history of repeated acute pancreatitis (because of a non standard pancreas shape) and till now have been lucky with my pancreas health. However have just had a particularly bad bout or pancreatitis after some surgery and I think its been the...
  5. G

    Itching and Type 2/Metformin

    Hi everyone I have been diagnosed Type 2 since February ‘23, and ramped up on Metformin to now being at 2g daily. HbA1C at diagnosis was 89, now 49. All good - however, for the past several months I have been increasingly itchy all over. I have been for a neuropathy test which came back...
  6. tigerlily72

    Leukocytes in Urine

    I'm hoping I've posted in the correct place but apologies if I haven't. Ok, so brief background . . I've had covid twice - in November 2022 and again in June 2023. My Hba1c has steadily been increasing and my most recent Hba1c was 80. Advised to increase my prolonged release Metformin to 4x...
  7. L

    T2 fasting and metformin SR

    Both myself and my husband are type 2 and very overweight. the last two weeks we have been fasting 16:8 and 18-19:6 and slowly moving towards low carb. I have lost weight and he hasn’t lost as much, the difference being he still takes 2000mg daily and I just stopped. I suggested the failure to...
  8. G

    Type 2 Experiences with Sitagliptin/ Januvia?

    I've been on Januvia (one 100mg tablet after lunch every day) for about a fortnight now. I also take 2 500mg of metformin a day, one after breakfast and one after dinner. The Januvia was prescribed by my endo after i tried to go up to 3 metformin a day and couldn't handle the GI distress...
  9. R

    High blood sugars not coming down

    Hi .My husbands blood sugar was good after his amputation in September until after Christmas .His blood sugar went to 9 in a morning gradually to 18 , increasing by. 1 every week. The Hba1c came back at 71 in March. He was on metformin and gliclazide 80 mg bd. He is now on gliclazide 120 mg bd...
  10. R

    Metformin dose

    Good afternoon all. This is my first post. I was diagnosed type 2 7 weeks ago HbA1c a little over 100 and over 4 weeks built up to 4x500mg Metformin per day. Not testing bloods myself at the moment. I have a blood test in 5 weeks. I have lost 8kg, and my BMI has dropped from 31 to 28. This is...
  11. polarsun

    Metformin and CBD

    Type 1 diabetic having good success with appetite control and weight loss with 500mg metformin 4x/d and 10mg CBD 1x/d. Also am taking 30mg/d biofisitin and 100mg/d resveratrol and various other longevity supplements. CBD is my new addition and it is making me less anxious. By itself it doesn't...
  12. S

    Metformin side effects

    Hi, Metformin! Can anyone explain what the side effects connected to eyesight are please? I can’t seem to find anything specific. Thank you
  13. A

    Types of diabetes

    Hi all Ive been lurking a few years. Here in Perth Aus, some 40 years behind, only type 1 2 and gestational is recognised. I KNOW I am not type 2 as diagnosed and do not respond to a whole range of diabetes drugs. All the symptoms including mouth ulcers and systemic canidasis are there even when...
  14. finsit

    Type 2 Metformin & postprandial BG in non-obese

    Hi all, from your experience, does metformin work for those who do not have insulin resistance, no fatty liver or central obesity? Does it still lower your postprandial blood glucose? did you try some meals without metformin and how much difference does it make postprandial?
  15. finsit

    Type 2 Meds for fasting sugar on low-carb

    Hi there. In the absence of central obesity and insulin resistance as a type-2 diabetic, do you see your fasting sugar levels go to 80's (4's mmol) using metformin or any other medication for that matter? I am doing pretty low-carb but my baseline fasting sugars are close to 6 mmol. I have no...
  16. M

    Newly diagnosed possible metformin problems

    Hi everyone It’s great to join a forum like this with some much information. I was recently diagnosed as type 2 (about six weeks ago). My lifestyle before was terrible and I have made significant changes since then. Together with trying to eat less and medium carb, I have noticed something...
  17. S

    Medications and Low-Carb

    Hello everyone, I've been Type-2 for nine years, and in the last couple of years have had more medications added into my treatment regimen. I'm currently taking; Sukkarto (Metformin) 2000 per day Trajenta (5mg) Forxiga (10mg) Atorvastatin for cholesterol control. At my last review a1C was up...
  18. O

    Metformin

    I been a type 1 for 22 years. My consultant has recently prescribed me to start on Metformin. Anyone got any advice?
  19. Chrisjr72

    Metformin

    How do you find metformin works for you, I don't appear to be lowering my blood glucose since starting treatment?
  20. Chrisjr72

    Metformin dosage advise please

    I've been put on 1000mg twice per day is this a lot‍♂️