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<blockquote data-quote="sally and james" data-source="post: 1054869" data-attributes="member: 93504"><p>[USER=78237]@Dusk71[/USER] This is not advice! My husband started his diabetes experience, in summer 2013, on a largish dose of Metformin. Within a couple of weeks, he halved this. A few weeks later, halved again and then at about 6 months, gave up all meds. He was, and still is, on a low carb diet and retains non-diabetic blood sugars and good health. His sugars did not go up with the reduction in Met, even though the doctor said they would, but what do GP's know about diabetes, apart from knowing that they can claim extra funding for them (in my cynical experience).</p><p>There are some drugs where it is important to come off them gradually. To the best of my knowledge, Met is not one of these, but should a friend ask me for advice, I would suggest tapering off and monitoring the effects.</p><p>Sally</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sally and james, post: 1054869, member: 93504"] [USER=78237]@Dusk71[/USER] This is not advice! My husband started his diabetes experience, in summer 2013, on a largish dose of Metformin. Within a couple of weeks, he halved this. A few weeks later, halved again and then at about 6 months, gave up all meds. He was, and still is, on a low carb diet and retains non-diabetic blood sugars and good health. His sugars did not go up with the reduction in Met, even though the doctor said they would, but what do GP's know about diabetes, apart from knowing that they can claim extra funding for them (in my cynical experience). There are some drugs where it is important to come off them gradually. To the best of my knowledge, Met is not one of these, but should a friend ask me for advice, I would suggest tapering off and monitoring the effects. Sally [/QUOTE]
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