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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Flakey Bake" data-source="post: 1037374" data-attributes="member: 71327"><p>Hi, Yes I take metformin in addition to lantus and novorapid. I am type 1, but probably also type 2 too. I found metafomin helpful. Like you my insulin requirement were rising faster than I could calculate increases and keep up. (about 100 units a day). The metformin has stopped the rise and also asllowed me to keep a reasonably stable weight for the first time since starting insulin (about 3 years ago). I do occasionally suffer a few unpleasent side effects (wind and acid indigestion), but on the whole the benefits outweighs the costs in my case. Many people cannot tolerate it, but start slowly with low doses and expect a settling in period of a several weeks. Also only take them towards the end of a meal, this massively reduces side-effects. The big difference in positive effect came from increasing my dose from 1g a day (2 tablets of standard release metformin) to 2 g. Some people take a slow release version and find the side effect are reduced.Staying acive and moderate excercise is also very beneficial for me for reducing insulin resistnce. Best of luck</p></blockquote><p></p>

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