Hi,
Since becoming a type 2 Diabetic three years ago I've been on Metformin, and three other tablets, and this last year I've felt really ill with pains from head to toe, managed to get an appointment with the doctor earlier in the year and he sent me for a load of tests. The results came back fine, so when I had my yearly assessment with the nurse afew weeks ago, she told me to book another appointment with the doc, and I just had to laugh when the receptionist said phone back in a couple of weeks as there wasn't any. Well a couple weeks passed, I phoned, the receptionist must be a doctor as she said oh you can see a nurse practitioner in stead. I blew a fuse, a got a appointment for nearly a month later, yes I've not seen him yet.
Well sorry for boring you all, I'll get to my point. Many people have told me Metformin is bad for you, it blocks your arteries, that's why they give you a host of other tablets to counter act what Metformin does. So in my wait to see a doctor, I took it upon myself to half my Metformin intake. Would you like to guess what's happened? Well I hardly got any pains or stiff joints, I don't wake up with head aches, I'm not as drowsy and falling asleep almost anywhere, I've got a bit more oomph now as well. So maybe it's true that Metformin is bad for you!!
Since becoming a type 2 Diabetic three years ago I've been on Metformin, and three other tablets, and this last year I've felt really ill with pains from head to toe, managed to get an appointment with the doctor earlier in the year and he sent me for a load of tests. The results came back fine, so when I had my yearly assessment with the nurse afew weeks ago, she told me to book another appointment with the doc, and I just had to laugh when the receptionist said phone back in a couple of weeks as there wasn't any. Well a couple weeks passed, I phoned, the receptionist must be a doctor as she said oh you can see a nurse practitioner in stead. I blew a fuse, a got a appointment for nearly a month later, yes I've not seen him yet.
Well sorry for boring you all, I'll get to my point. Many people have told me Metformin is bad for you, it blocks your arteries, that's why they give you a host of other tablets to counter act what Metformin does. So in my wait to see a doctor, I took it upon myself to half my Metformin intake. Would you like to guess what's happened? Well I hardly got any pains or stiff joints, I don't wake up with head aches, I'm not as drowsy and falling asleep almost anywhere, I've got a bit more oomph now as well. So maybe it's true that Metformin is bad for you!!
