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<blockquote data-quote="KennyA" data-source="post: 2687889" data-attributes="member: 517579"><p>Hi - I have a "sort of" answer. </p><p></p><p>My morning BG readings were the very last to be affected and the very last to come down. They did eventually reduce, but as they are caused by your liver (helpfully) making glucose and dumping it in your blood to get you going (rather than anything you've eaten or done) you have to persuade your liver to slow down or at least recalibrate. It will eventually get the message, but I think only when it realises that the level it's trying to get you to is a lot lower than it used to be. Livers seem to be slow learners. </p><p></p><p>I don't bother with morning readings at all now but once a year I'll do a week or so just as a check. </p><p></p><p>Metformin should interfere with your liver's ability to make glucose - this is essentially <u>what</u> it does but medical science doesn't yet know <u>how</u> it does it - I think the phrase is "the exact mechanism is unclear". So stopping metformin should logically have seen a rise in your BG, not a fall. Have you noticed any other changes?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KennyA, post: 2687889, member: 517579"] Hi - I have a "sort of" answer. My morning BG readings were the very last to be affected and the very last to come down. They did eventually reduce, but as they are caused by your liver (helpfully) making glucose and dumping it in your blood to get you going (rather than anything you've eaten or done) you have to persuade your liver to slow down or at least recalibrate. It will eventually get the message, but I think only when it realises that the level it's trying to get you to is a lot lower than it used to be. Livers seem to be slow learners. I don't bother with morning readings at all now but once a year I'll do a week or so just as a check. Metformin should interfere with your liver's ability to make glucose - this is essentially [U]what[/U] it does but medical science doesn't yet know [U]how[/U] it does it - I think the phrase is "the exact mechanism is unclear". So stopping metformin should logically have seen a rise in your BG, not a fall. Have you noticed any other changes? [/QUOTE]
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