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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 2480667" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. Most people have few problems with Metformin SR as opposed to plain Metformin. Your nurse was pushing the common surgery view that Metformin is a great treatment for Type 2. The reality is that even at max dose it's effect on BS is quite small. I have taken it for 20 years and it has other possible benefits than BS reduction. The most useful way to 'treat' T2 is to have a low-carb diet which the nurse should have told you. If you have any excess weight a low-carb diet will help reduce the weight and BS (and hence thirst). This in turn will reduce insulin resistance and help the body use it's own insulin more effectively. If you are slim and losing weight then Late onset T1 is always possible. Do get hold of glucose meter to monitor your BS</p></blockquote><p></p>

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