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When someone who is not diabetic but who is on 1500mg of Metformin, eats pasta. What *should* happen to their BS reading? Should it shoot up? I mean, non diabetics not on Metformin don't shoot up after eating that do they and since she is not diabetic, she shouldn't either, right??

I'm asking for a friend of a friend and didn't actually know what to say in answer as I was unsure.
 
Even a non diabetics BS will go up with pasta but the difference is their own insulin production will control it and bring it down to normal levels quite quickly.As a matter of interest why is a non diabetic on Metformin?
 
Thanks for the swift reply!

She has PCOS but she has high readings fairly regularly and is feeling pretty rubbish.
 
Anyone who regularly has high BGs needs to be checked out by the doctor.
 
Hi

I am on Met and get some very odd readings.

Pasta sends me high but then decreases BG rapidly...

Peanuts send me sky high for a much longer time..


How does your friend get on with Met, I feel better on it but my stomach would not agree :roll:
 
She doesn't like it to begin with, she has stopped and started it before now but overal, she's on it to regulate her hormones as she's trying for her 4th child.

Apparently diabetics experience less severe nasty symptoms on it than non-diabetics. I don't know how true that is after reading these forums but for myself, I've taken it for PCOS and had horrible side effects but hubby takes it and has had none.
 
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