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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1510850" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Update #2: From the way my blood sugars rose after I went in this med, I get the impression that I was not metabolising this med, and my daily average jumped in a week from 6.2 mmol/l to 8.5 mmol/l at which point I went back onto standard release Metformin. Looking at the ingredients I see that the enteric coating is shellac, which is different from the normal slow release(SR) variant, This is actually the Extended Release tab (ER) variant. I had a similar reaction to Glucophage ER tabs too, so it seems the harder to dissolve coatings can make the meds difficult to metabolise. I think my PPI med make be making me more susceptible to this since it reduces stomach acid.</p><p></p><p>My daily average on standard Met is currently 7.2, and the peaks and troughs are lower. This is what I was expecting when my meds dose was halved.</p><p></p><p>So Sukkarto seems to be a generic substitute for Extended Release, not Slow Release, and I should not have been changed over without consent since it was not a like for like replacement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1510850, member: 196898"] Update #2: From the way my blood sugars rose after I went in this med, I get the impression that I was not metabolising this med, and my daily average jumped in a week from 6.2 mmol/l to 8.5 mmol/l at which point I went back onto standard release Metformin. Looking at the ingredients I see that the enteric coating is shellac, which is different from the normal slow release(SR) variant, This is actually the Extended Release tab (ER) variant. I had a similar reaction to Glucophage ER tabs too, so it seems the harder to dissolve coatings can make the meds difficult to metabolise. I think my PPI med make be making me more susceptible to this since it reduces stomach acid. My daily average on standard Met is currently 7.2, and the peaks and troughs are lower. This is what I was expecting when my meds dose was halved. So Sukkarto seems to be a generic substitute for Extended Release, not Slow Release, and I should not have been changed over without consent since it was not a like for like replacement. [/QUOTE]
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