BG High had diabetes 5 years

[Daibell]

Hello Daibell,
Can I ask you, how do you get on with the Metformin SR? I was on regular Metformin, but started to have really bad nightmares and anxiety. My GP has put me on Januvia, and for a while it worked. I developed a stomach upset, and now my Bg is around 15mmol. It was going down at one point. The GP suggested taking Metformin SR as well as the Sitagliptin (Januvia), but because of my past experiences, I'm scare stiff. Just wanted to know how you got on with it.

My GP put me on Metformin SR from the start so I was lucky and have never had any problems apart from the metallic taste for 6 months but cannot compare with non-SR. I tend to be tolerant of pills so I can't judge whether anyone else would be OK with SR but they are designed to be slow release and less agressive on the system; worth a try?