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<blockquote data-quote="Grateful" data-source="post: 1594525" data-attributes="member: 438800"><p>I am not currently on meds, and generally agree with what you are saying. However, when I got my T2 diagnosis and the doctor mentioned that I would be put on drugs if diet/exercise did not do the trick, I researched Metformin because I assumed that would be the "first-line drug" if drugs were needed. What really reassured me is that Metformin has been around for a very long time, compared to most other diabetes drugs. Some people have been taking it for decades. My reasoning is that if there were are serious issue with that drug, it would have surfaced by now.</p><p></p><p>From Wikipedia: <em>Metformin was discovered in 1922. French physician Jean Sterne began study in humans in the 1950s. It was introduced as a medication in France in 1957 and the United States in 1995. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>In terms of staying "drug free" my worry is when I see what happens to my elderly friends and relatives. By the time they are in their 80s and 90s they are often taking half-a-dozen or even more drugs every day. I suspect, but cannot be sure, that some of their health problems are caused by obscure interactions between all those drugs! Not to mention keeping track of them and taking the right doses at the right interval!! So, the longer we can put off the (almost inevitable) avalanche of "drug prescriptions for diseases of the elderly," the better!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grateful, post: 1594525, member: 438800"] I am not currently on meds, and generally agree with what you are saying. However, when I got my T2 diagnosis and the doctor mentioned that I would be put on drugs if diet/exercise did not do the trick, I researched Metformin because I assumed that would be the "first-line drug" if drugs were needed. What really reassured me is that Metformin has been around for a very long time, compared to most other diabetes drugs. Some people have been taking it for decades. My reasoning is that if there were are serious issue with that drug, it would have surfaced by now. From Wikipedia: [I]Metformin was discovered in 1922. French physician Jean Sterne began study in humans in the 1950s. It was introduced as a medication in France in 1957 and the United States in 1995. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, the most effective and safe medicines needed in a health system. [/I] In terms of staying "drug free" my worry is when I see what happens to my elderly friends and relatives. By the time they are in their 80s and 90s they are often taking half-a-dozen or even more drugs every day. I suspect, but cannot be sure, that some of their health problems are caused by obscure interactions between all those drugs! Not to mention keeping track of them and taking the right doses at the right interval!! So, the longer we can put off the (almost inevitable) avalanche of "drug prescriptions for diseases of the elderly," the better! [/QUOTE]
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