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<blockquote data-quote="Sid Bonkers" data-source="post: 336486" data-attributes="member: 19121"><p>Hi Richard and welcome to the forum, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but even the max dose of Metformin, currently 1000mg bi daily will only help to reduce BG levelks by between 1 and 2 mmol/L (thats 18 to 36 mg/dl ) so the best it would do if you were to take 4 500ng tablets a day would be to reduce your bg to around 149 mg/dl (UK 8.2 which is still considered high.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000">Sorry to confuse you with the different numbers but here in the UK we use mmol/L where as in the US and other Countries mg/dl units are used. To convert mg/dl to mmol/L just divide by 18 and to convert mmol/L to mg/dl multiply by 18</span> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>If I were in your position I would see my doctor and ask about alternative diabetic medication if you are unable to tolerate Metformin, many get a bad reaction to it, I am lucky in that I got very few problems with it and those I did get - stomach cramps - went away quite quickly. There are a number of other oral diabetic meds you could try :thumbup: </p><p></p><p>Diet also can be very effective at reducing bg levels and I'm sure Daisy will be posting the usual New To Diabetes info for you soon but if you want to follow the following link you can read it now and the information in it many have found to be the key to their 'good' control.</p><p></p><p>Link here <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=26870" target="_blank">viewtopic.php?f=39&t=26870</a></p><p></p><p>Good luck :thumbup:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sid Bonkers, post: 336486, member: 19121"] Hi Richard and welcome to the forum, sorry to be the bearer of bad news but even the max dose of Metformin, currently 1000mg bi daily will only help to reduce BG levelks by between 1 and 2 mmol/L (thats 18 to 36 mg/dl ) so the best it would do if you were to take 4 500ng tablets a day would be to reduce your bg to around 149 mg/dl (UK 8.2 which is still considered high. [color=#FF0000]Sorry to confuse you with the different numbers but here in the UK we use mmol/L where as in the US and other Countries mg/dl units are used. To convert mg/dl to mmol/L just divide by 18 and to convert mmol/L to mg/dl multiply by 18[/color] :D If I were in your position I would see my doctor and ask about alternative diabetic medication if you are unable to tolerate Metformin, many get a bad reaction to it, I am lucky in that I got very few problems with it and those I did get - stomach cramps - went away quite quickly. There are a number of other oral diabetic meds you could try :thumbup: Diet also can be very effective at reducing bg levels and I'm sure Daisy will be posting the usual New To Diabetes info for you soon but if you want to follow the following link you can read it now and the information in it many have found to be the key to their 'good' control. Link here [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=26870]viewtopic.php?f=39&t=26870[/url] Good luck :thumbup: [/QUOTE]
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