metformin

Hi All, I was recently diagnosed as having Type 2 diabetes and promptly put on Metformin (1 * 500mg twice daily). Waiting to get on a T2 education course...and that is it really as far as the support goes. I'm thinking to get on the Atkins Diet (used previously to drop 56 lbs) and get testing...

well it is really a scandal that not all patients are informed of this sideeffect when offered Metformin https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24959880 CONCLUSIONS: The reduction of vitamin B12 may be induced by metformin in a dose dependent manner.

Hi everyone, I've had much help from people on here in the past, so thought I would just ask for an opinion or two. My diabetes nurse always tells me that I MUSTN'T test myself anymore, as I am on Metformin. Anyway, I like to do the odd test just to be sure, (she would probably have me shot if...

Hello everyone, I just wanted to let you know, because your doctor probably wont tell you that the use of Metformin PREVENTS the absorption of Vitamin B12. I was shocked to find this out, as my doctor never told me. I took Metformin for 2 years and now I have symptoms of B12 deficiency...

Hi everyone, if you have read my post "I'm as mad as hell" you will know the issues I had with Metformin, now heres the next issue. Off metformin my bloods where 17-18 mmol/l I've been taking SR metformin for 2 months now and my bloods? 17-18 mmol/l. So I don't think it works, anyone else have...

I have just come back from the doctor's feeling very happy. He says I no longer have any diabetic symptoms, so I am off medication altogether and under diet control only! I am also off statins altogether as well, he said with my latest lipids there is no longer any reason I need to take them. I...

What exactly happens after you take Metformin that causes the hair to start falling out? They took it off the side-effects list. Is there someone that it didn't happent to him? Is there someone that it did happen to him and managed to stop it? Please share... Thanks

When you take Metformin is there some change you can feel? Other than a distinct sense of foreboding and a decision not to leave the house for some time, that is.

I am diabetic type 2 and take statins and metformin. I am on a strict ketogenic diet, carbs < 20g/day. I asked Dr Jason Fung on Diet Doctor the following: When in ketosis I may be relying on gluconeogenesis to produce glucose for my brain. If the Metformin I am taking inhibits glucose...

a lot of people in here are not using metformin and control their blood glucose by diet and excercise alone... wow I was put on metformin right from the start but didn´t actually know anything about anything about diabetes type 2 except from that it had something to do with sugar which...

I am attempting to keep to a low carb diet and certainly feel better in myslf. Howrver my hba1c has not reduced sufficiently ans so i have been strarted on metformin slow release. when i had the ordinary metfomin 2 years ago it made me vomit so it was stopped as my hba1c was lôw 40s. it then...

Hi guys! I am prediabetic with PCOS and I am just so confused about life and what's going on with my health. My doctor said that because of my hormonal Imbalance that it's not IF I'm going to get diabetes it's WHEN. I'm just really discouraged and frustrated. I've always been a pretty active...

I am intending taking bitter melon capsules, should I stop taking the metformin tablet and other prescribed tablets? Although I found the metformin has helped my energy levels I've been having a slight problem with my eyesight

Got my third a1c back and I'm still in the mid 5's (5.5, 5.7, 5.6) so my doctor said to stop taking the metformin and we'll see what happens in three months. So I've been off of it now for a couple of days and I've got the shakes and weak knees just like a low blood glucose would be. I've...

Hi all. I hope I'm typing in the right place. I'd just like some advice on how to deal with my partners diabetes 2. He has had it for a few years now. He doesn't seem to take it seriously (i think hes in denile ) and says he forgets to take his metformin unless I remind him (I am not always...

Hi, So I was diagnosed about 3 years ago. My brother was diagnosed when he was 9 so I was aware of the symptoms so thankfully caught it early and managed to be in and out of hospital with no complications. I started off religiously caring about hba1c and eating correctly, but over the years...

Good morning all. I am T2 and on novarapid and levemir as well as the horrible metformin. Control is good, not perfect and I could do with lowing my levels, I have been dropping my weight a little over the last few years, after it going up , when I went on insulin, some 14 years ago ! My...

Some months ago I had a routine annual blood test and all was fine except my Vitamin B12 was rather low I think from memory it was 116 pg/mL when the (range is 180 - 1100) I had recently stopped taking metformin as well as fairly regular Omeprazole use and my doctor requested another blood test...

This is my second day on the forum i think. Was diagnosed in December. I was eating terribly because of poverty and inadequate and fast food restaurant meals. was eating kid meals... august A1C was back to prediabetic levels/ 6.7 i think. have been stressed and down again. in fact i am...

Is there any information to prove that Metformin when taken over a period of time can reduce testosterone levels ?