Does anyone knows if Metformin can cause anemia? I am so tired and keep getting chest infections
I have been type 2 for 22 years and on insulin for last three years as well as metformin. I became anemic about 10 years ago had all the tests but never found a cause. At first I had iron infusions every 6 months for three years. Now on iron tablets. Then three years ago I was told I was B12 deficient as well due to metformin which stops your gut absorbing B12 so am now on B12 tablets as well.Does anyone knows if Metformin can cause anemia? I am so tired and keep getting chest infections
I have been type 2 for 22 years and on insulin for last three years as well as metformin. I became anemic about 10 years ago had all the tests but never found a cause. At first I had iron infusions every 6 months for three years. Now on iron tablets. Then three years ago I was told I was B12 deficient as well due to metformin which stops your gut absorbing B12 so am now on B12 tablets as well.
@CDudley - Metformin does not cause Aneamia, already challenged my GP about this, but it can cause B12 deficiency as the previous post has said. (Totto)
However, I do have Aneamia and I get my Ferritin Levels checked for Iron count every 3 Months, and I take Iron tablets daily that I get on Prescription.
P.S. Forgot to say I have been taking Metformin for 15 years now.
I do know, and further know that the bioavailability of B12 differs. I take a compounded form by injection
I use these dairy free sublingual tabs. I buy them in the UK, but they are also sold in the USA ( I am not deficient, but am on metformin)Don't know where you are but unfortunately in the US where I am, B12 sublinguals, the only tabs that work, are compounded with lactose, to which some individuals are intolerant. However, it can be compounded as a liquid for injections, which can be manipulated as to dose. Different people have different needs. It is on doctor's advice and after testing that a person can obtain such a prescription. In fact, some people must go to their physicians for such injections.
What country are you in?
Don't know where you are but unfortunately in the US where I am, B12 sublinguals, the only tabs that work, are compounded with lactose, to which some individuals are intolerant. However, it can be compounded as a liquid for injections, which can be manipulated as to dose. Different people have different needs. It is on doctor's advice and after testing that a person can obtain such a prescription. In fact, some people must go to their physicians for such injections.
What country are you in?
I use these dairy free sublingual tabs. I buy them in the UK, but they are also sold in the USA ( I am not deficient, but am on metformin)
http://www.amazon.com/Source-Natura...463679329&sr=8-3&keywords=source+naturals+b12
Hi,
Nice to know where you are from; I myself have some Danish heritage. You understand my injections. Good.
I briefly read your post on proteins but it disappeared. You could email it to me by writing some kind of personal letter on this forum. Unfortunately, I am not sure I know how this works on the forum. I was only able to do this once by accident.
btw, I think that the overdosing on the sublingual tablets is intended as overcompensation for the lack of bioavailability of the same. But, as I said, many of my family members cannot use these sublinguals because of being formulated in the US with lactose or flavorings or other unnecessary ingredients. Recently, some companies have come up with vegan formulations, however. I may try them if I am no longer given RX for the shots. Meanwhile, I do not wish to risk not having an appropriate amount in my system. One of my doctors has suggested that any excess is actually ****** out of the system in urine, so I am not concerned, especially as I have periodic testing for deficiency.
Here is one article that may interest you:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1884303/
I read the remnant of your article. I would say that the kind of pemmican that those explorers were using does NOT replicate normal native american pemmican which does include both fiber and especially dried fruits and sometimes dried vegetables in addition to fat and bison or deer or wild boar meat. Thus, the problems that the explorers had with their version do not replicate the normal native American experience. I actually try to incorporate numerous native foods in my diet as I am part native and imagine that it is part of my nature to thrive on native foods. I also incorporate fish, shellfish and various kinds of preserved foods in general including smoked fishes and meats of various kinds. I have a dehydrator and ingest certain kinds of probiotic foods. Some of the stuff I buy periodically and eat through the year may not be found in Scandanavia. For example, I eat grains of various kinds and dired vegetables particularly from Peru including ancient kinds of corn and beans, readily obtainable in North and South America. So, my diet is a tad odd.
I would like to see some of the things aluded to in your article, especially the long term effects of hyperglycemia.
No, I didn't figure out the message thingie.
I wrote about native American diet because you wrote about pemmican that is not real pemmican that includes no fruits, vegetables or nuts in its composition.
I have long wondered why people on high dairy diets and diets with fish bones end up osteoporotic
Hi @CDudley,Does anyone knows if Metformin can cause anemia? I am so tired and keep getting chest infections