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<blockquote data-quote="Trinkwasser" data-source="post: 47458" data-attributes="member: 11875"><p>I suspect two things</p><p></p><p>[1] your metformin hasn't yet started to work, the effect builds up over a few weeks and may need a dose increase, often they will start you at 500 mg and work you up slowly, some people need 2500 to get the full effect</p><p></p><p>[2] you are hovering around "glucose toxicity" where your BG has been so high for so long that your body is used to it and is trying to keep it high. This will take time to break out of.</p><p></p><p>Have a read around the sticky threads and Success Stories, and here</p><p></p><p><a href="http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/d-day.html" target="_blank">http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/d-day.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trinkwasser, post: 47458, member: 11875"] I suspect two things [1] your metformin hasn't yet started to work, the effect builds up over a few weeks and may need a dose increase, often they will start you at 500 mg and work you up slowly, some people need 2500 to get the full effect [2] you are hovering around "glucose toxicity" where your BG has been so high for so long that your body is used to it and is trying to keep it high. This will take time to break out of. Have a read around the sticky threads and Success Stories, and here [url=http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/d-day.html]http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/d-day.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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