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<blockquote data-quote="revkdj" data-source="post: 55494" data-attributes="member: 9269"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>I was diagnsed as type 2 last June and put on one Metformin (500mg) per day initially. I had terrible side effects including two days of incontinence (on top of nasty symptoms of the diabetes itself). This settled down, but the dosage was increased to 2 tablets a day - one in the evening and one in the morning. </p><p>I follow the instructions and take it during my meal. This has meant that my habit skipping breakfast has ended and I now usually have porridge with choopped up fruit or berrys in it. This has meant my weight stablilised and I have bags of energy for quite a demanding job.</p><p>My Hba1c at diagnosis was 18. My last two results have been 6.2 and 6.4 (not bad considering I have not lost any significant weight and am still 117kgs, even though I am excerising too).</p><p>Basically, Metformin absortion rate is not reduced by eating. It is a slow release drug and thus it's effect is accumulitive. The reason to eat with Metformin is to help the abortion so that the side effects are minimalised. As your body gets accustomed to it you may not need to have to with food all the time, but if you never have it with food, you can expect some more frequent trips to the lav!</p><p>What I have found is that if I eat a lot of spicy food then I tend to have a more regular bowel movement, which was not the case previously.</p><p>So my advice would be to watch what you eat, have breakfast, lunch and evening meal, and take the Metformin during the meal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="revkdj, post: 55494, member: 9269"] Hi, I was diagnsed as type 2 last June and put on one Metformin (500mg) per day initially. I had terrible side effects including two days of incontinence (on top of nasty symptoms of the diabetes itself). This settled down, but the dosage was increased to 2 tablets a day - one in the evening and one in the morning. I follow the instructions and take it during my meal. This has meant that my habit skipping breakfast has ended and I now usually have porridge with choopped up fruit or berrys in it. This has meant my weight stablilised and I have bags of energy for quite a demanding job. My Hba1c at diagnosis was 18. My last two results have been 6.2 and 6.4 (not bad considering I have not lost any significant weight and am still 117kgs, even though I am excerising too). Basically, Metformin absortion rate is not reduced by eating. It is a slow release drug and thus it's effect is accumulitive. The reason to eat with Metformin is to help the abortion so that the side effects are minimalised. As your body gets accustomed to it you may not need to have to with food all the time, but if you never have it with food, you can expect some more frequent trips to the lav! What I have found is that if I eat a lot of spicy food then I tend to have a more regular bowel movement, which was not the case previously. So my advice would be to watch what you eat, have breakfast, lunch and evening meal, and take the Metformin during the meal. [/QUOTE]
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