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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 1564929" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Anyone can have a hypo. Seriously.</p><p>It just takes the right circumstances, and believe me, Metformin is no protection.</p><p></p><p>However, there are a few provisos to that:</p><p>Most people's liver will prevent a hypo by reaching into its glycogen stores and releasing the right amount of glucose top the blood glucose up. Hypos need some special circumstances which put that delicate blood glucose, liver dump balance out of wack.</p><p>- Injected insulin and some diabetic meds will overwhelm the body's own reaction in the presence of too much drug and/or not enough glucose.</p><p>- reactive hypoglycaemia, where the body's own glucose/insulin balance is faulty</p><p>- other (non diabetic) drugs</p><p>- various othe illnesses, stresses and diseases</p><p></p><p>Medical professionals seem very fond of declaring 'you won't get a hypo on Metformin!'</p><p>What they should be saying is 'Metformin won't cause hypos like other diabetic drugs may, but it won't prevent you having a hypo for other reasons'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 1564929, member: 41816"] Anyone can have a hypo. Seriously. It just takes the right circumstances, and believe me, Metformin is no protection. However, there are a few provisos to that: Most people's liver will prevent a hypo by reaching into its glycogen stores and releasing the right amount of glucose top the blood glucose up. Hypos need some special circumstances which put that delicate blood glucose, liver dump balance out of wack. - Injected insulin and some diabetic meds will overwhelm the body's own reaction in the presence of too much drug and/or not enough glucose. - reactive hypoglycaemia, where the body's own glucose/insulin balance is faulty - other (non diabetic) drugs - various othe illnesses, stresses and diseases Medical professionals seem very fond of declaring 'you won't get a hypo on Metformin!' What they should be saying is 'Metformin won't cause hypos like other diabetic drugs may, but it won't prevent you having a hypo for other reasons'. [/QUOTE]
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