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<blockquote data-quote="Rachox" data-source="post: 2117390" data-attributes="member: 400972"><p>Hi Arfie.</p><p>Thanks for the tag [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER] .</p><p>I have been on Metformin since diagnosis over 2 years ago, however I just Googled your other med as I’m not familiar with it but found it’s a combination of dapagliflozine and Metformin, so I hope that combined with Metformin it isn’t overdoing the Metformin dose? Anyway I digress, when I was diagnosed I was also on various other meds for other conditions, BP meds x 2 of which I have dropped one and halved the other and I have also stopped my PPI (proton pump inhibitor for heartburn). I have reduced my BMI from 43 ish to 28, however my HbA1c was normalised within the first four months. I did reduce my Metformin by one tablet from 3 to 2 per day, a while back but my weight loss stalled so I went back up to three, so you might like to consider that in your plan too. As helensaramay says Metformin does have other benefits so although I am intending to reduce back to 2 tabs per day eventually, as long as I don’t suffer side effects I plan to remain on it. Here’s an article about it:</p><p><a href="https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2001/9/report_metformin/Page-01" target="_blank">https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2001/9/report_metformin/Page-01</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rachox, post: 2117390, member: 400972"] Hi Arfie. Thanks for the tag [USER=181361]@helensaramay[/USER] . I have been on Metformin since diagnosis over 2 years ago, however I just Googled your other med as I’m not familiar with it but found it’s a combination of dapagliflozine and Metformin, so I hope that combined with Metformin it isn’t overdoing the Metformin dose? Anyway I digress, when I was diagnosed I was also on various other meds for other conditions, BP meds x 2 of which I have dropped one and halved the other and I have also stopped my PPI (proton pump inhibitor for heartburn). I have reduced my BMI from 43 ish to 28, however my HbA1c was normalised within the first four months. I did reduce my Metformin by one tablet from 3 to 2 per day, a while back but my weight loss stalled so I went back up to three, so you might like to consider that in your plan too. As helensaramay says Metformin does have other benefits so although I am intending to reduce back to 2 tabs per day eventually, as long as I don’t suffer side effects I plan to remain on it. Here’s an article about it: [URL]https://www.lifeextension.com/magazine/2001/9/report_metformin/Page-01[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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