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Hi, I’m posting this on behalf of my brother. He is on NovoMix. He takes 12 units before breakfast and 15 units before his evening meal. He was prescribed 500 mg of prolonged release Metformin, but he will not take the Metformin as it makes him ill. His hospital DN will only prescribe him Metformin, but he’s not taking it.
Is there an alternative to Metformin safe for T1’s?
Brief history, he was diagnosed T2 for a number of years. He was able to keep his blood sugars in the pre-diabetic range. Then at the end of 2020 he started losing a lot of weight and was unable to control his blood sugars. He was going into DKA with blood sugars in the 40’s Mmol/Ls) He was diagnosed late onset T1.
Any suggestion would be much appreciated. Mel
Is there an alternative to Metformin safe for T1’s?
Brief history, he was diagnosed T2 for a number of years. He was able to keep his blood sugars in the pre-diabetic range. Then at the end of 2020 he started losing a lot of weight and was unable to control his blood sugars. He was going into DKA with blood sugars in the 40’s Mmol/Ls) He was diagnosed late onset T1.
Any suggestion would be much appreciated. Mel