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Forgot to take metformin!

dazzeur

dazzeur

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Location
London
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
This morning I had my breakfast and forgot to take my metformin. Shall I take it now? Should I eat first?
 
Don't panic met is a drug that works by building up in your body so missing a dose will not make much difference.

Do you take it once a day - if so I would just take it with your next meal, if you take it twice a day I would personally just miss a dose and take your evening one as normal.

I have missed met both accidentally and intentionally and it made no difference to my numbers
 
Thanks for the reply. I take it twice a day. I panicked too much so I ate something small and took the pill. I am supposed to take it at breakfast and dinner. Am in a 2 week process of increasing till I take 4 a day. Although, eating better and on 2 a day I am seeing better results when testing. Dont really want to take so many pills a day.
 
I used to forget to take my Metformin more often than I remembered when I had it on prescription

Sometimes I took it at random times, sometimes all at once and often not at all.

Didn't seem to do me much harm


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