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<blockquote data-quote="BarbaraG" data-source="post: 1312593" data-attributes="member: 47277"><p>On metformin - I'm on two a day, which I used to take with breakfast and tea. Then after a few weeks of LCHF I started doing a 24 hour fast once a week, and took both metformin with the one meal that day.</p><p></p><p>I shared that in another internet place, and someone who self-identified as a pharmacist told me that taking both with one meal would not be as effective as splitting the dose. He also said that although the standard advice is to take it with food to avoid GI effects, not everyone has them. </p><p></p><p>So I tried taking my metformin on an empty stomach - and I am absolutely fine. Now I take it between 9 and 10 am and 9 and 10 pm, irrespective of when I eat.</p><p></p><p>Not that I'm telling you to do that because... you know...</p><p> Not a doctor.</p><p></p><p>I'd rather keep on taking it even when fasting, because I want my BG's as low as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarbaraG, post: 1312593, member: 47277"] On metformin - I'm on two a day, which I used to take with breakfast and tea. Then after a few weeks of LCHF I started doing a 24 hour fast once a week, and took both metformin with the one meal that day. I shared that in another internet place, and someone who self-identified as a pharmacist told me that taking both with one meal would not be as effective as splitting the dose. He also said that although the standard advice is to take it with food to avoid GI effects, not everyone has them. So I tried taking my metformin on an empty stomach - and I am absolutely fine. Now I take it between 9 and 10 am and 9 and 10 pm, irrespective of when I eat. Not that I'm telling you to do that because... you know... Not a doctor. I'd rather keep on taking it even when fasting, because I want my BG's as low as possible. [/QUOTE]
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