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<blockquote data-quote="Bluetit1802" data-source="post: 2073353" data-attributes="member: 94045"><p>Metformin is a mild drug that is prescribed as a first line medication for T2 diabetics. It helps very little with blood sugars. It does help to reduce the amount of glucose your liver produces naturally and can help with weight loss. What it won't do is prevent your blood sugars from going high after eating.</p><p></p><p>If you are overweight, and as the tests you had confirmed you are not type 1, it is highly likely you are insulin resistant. If that is the case, your pancreas is producing plenty of insulin on its own, but this isn't working as it should because the cells reject it due to the resistance, and the glucose remains in your blood stream until such time as the pancreas has secreted enough insulin to clear it. I imagine your doctor wants you off insulin because this could be making your diabetes worse - too much insulin circulating will make the resistance worse. Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask the doctor why he wants you off the insulin. Was he suggesting another drug in addition to the Metformin?</p><p></p><p>It is quite normal for the hospital diabetes clinic to discharge you back to the GP. Hospital clinics normally only care for type 1's except in very unusual circumstances.</p><p></p><p>I assume you have your own blood testing monitor. What sort of levels do you see?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bluetit1802, post: 2073353, member: 94045"] Metformin is a mild drug that is prescribed as a first line medication for T2 diabetics. It helps very little with blood sugars. It does help to reduce the amount of glucose your liver produces naturally and can help with weight loss. What it won't do is prevent your blood sugars from going high after eating. If you are overweight, and as the tests you had confirmed you are not type 1, it is highly likely you are insulin resistant. If that is the case, your pancreas is producing plenty of insulin on its own, but this isn't working as it should because the cells reject it due to the resistance, and the glucose remains in your blood stream until such time as the pancreas has secreted enough insulin to clear it. I imagine your doctor wants you off insulin because this could be making your diabetes worse - too much insulin circulating will make the resistance worse. Perhaps it would be a good idea to ask the doctor why he wants you off the insulin. Was he suggesting another drug in addition to the Metformin? It is quite normal for the hospital diabetes clinic to discharge you back to the GP. Hospital clinics normally only care for type 1's except in very unusual circumstances. I assume you have your own blood testing monitor. What sort of levels do you see? [/QUOTE]
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