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<blockquote data-quote="Geocacher" data-source="post: 367653" data-attributes="member: 32611"><p>Sid Bonkers -- it's not just a matter of avoiding side effects, it's also a matter of how long metformin remains active in your body.</p><p></p><p>When you're taking regular metformin twice a day and eating three meals where is the metformin needed to help your body process that extra meal when your kidneys have filtered out and disposed of the earlier dose and it'll be another five or six hours before your next dose? I've give you a hint -- there isn't any.</p><p></p><p>Irrespective of side effects, my blood sugar levels were never as stable with regular metformin as they are now with SR metformin. Not just daily levels, but HbA1C as well. End of story.</p><p></p><p>I'm not going to accept a less suitable solution that would put my long term health at risk when a more suitable one is available for the asking. If you're happy to do so, that's your choice.</p><p></p><p>Carlrr -- Even with high blood sugar your brain was probabaly still starved of the glucose it needed to function because of insulin resistance. Insulin allows your cells to use glucose. Metfromin causes your body to be more sensitive to the insulin it is able to produce so it can better use the glocose in your blood. And with your brain no longer starved of sugar, it stopped the cravings. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes it can be just like turning off a switch. No secret, just basic biology. The endocrine system is a fascinating in that it can sometimes appear so deceptively simple and yet there is a complexity to the balance it maintains that is only really visible when it fails.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geocacher, post: 367653, member: 32611"] Sid Bonkers -- it's not just a matter of avoiding side effects, it's also a matter of how long metformin remains active in your body. When you're taking regular metformin twice a day and eating three meals where is the metformin needed to help your body process that extra meal when your kidneys have filtered out and disposed of the earlier dose and it'll be another five or six hours before your next dose? I've give you a hint -- there isn't any. Irrespective of side effects, my blood sugar levels were never as stable with regular metformin as they are now with SR metformin. Not just daily levels, but HbA1C as well. End of story. I'm not going to accept a less suitable solution that would put my long term health at risk when a more suitable one is available for the asking. If you're happy to do so, that's your choice. Carlrr -- Even with high blood sugar your brain was probabaly still starved of the glucose it needed to function because of insulin resistance. Insulin allows your cells to use glucose. Metfromin causes your body to be more sensitive to the insulin it is able to produce so it can better use the glocose in your blood. And with your brain no longer starved of sugar, it stopped the cravings. Sometimes it can be just like turning off a switch. No secret, just basic biology. The endocrine system is a fascinating in that it can sometimes appear so deceptively simple and yet there is a complexity to the balance it maintains that is only really visible when it fails. [/QUOTE]
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