Type 2 Metformin or not

It must be your choice. If you decide to stop taking Met and later see a rise in A1c then you can request to restart it, nothing is set in stone with these things.

Remember, by coming off Met you lose all your free prescriptions, something to consider.

Personally I believe 44 is too high to consider coming off any medications, but we are all different and have different ideas and goals.

Metformin has an effect lowering HbA1c. Of course this is variable, and dependent on dose.
You may find this link interesting.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2991324/
The % figures quoted in the study are American HbA1c units.
The table below shows that 1% is approximately equal to 11mmol/mol (which are the HbA1c units used in the UK)

So the study showed that Metformin lowered the HbA1c in the study by an average of approx 11 mmol/mol, over time.

I would suggest that you need to decide whether you are on the same doseage as those in the study? And seeing the same benefit? And then decide if stopping Metformin (with an accompanying rise in HbA1c) is acceptable to you.
You may want to consider making other lifestyle and diet changes that would lower your HbA1c by a comparative amount.

sigrumpy1 said:

Hi just after some advice, I am have been on a low carb diet for the last 18 months and my Hba1c level is 44. I am currently on one 1000mg of slow release metformin a day. My diabetic nurse is talking about taking me off of metformin. I am keen to come off medication and want have other peoples opinions experience of coming off medication. do you feel 44 is an acceptable level to come off medication ??.

Thank you
Simon

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When you say low carbing do you have any idea how many grams of carb per day? May be a factor in the decision making process. I hated met so came off it on my own, but intermittent fasting and very low carb seemed to work better for me anyway so I never went back to it.

My A1c was 105 and i got prescribed Metformin , but I refused it and will always refuse it along with statins .
My next A1c is next Wednesday should get result Friday , am expecting it to have reduced but expecting cholesterol to have gone up but one never knows.

It is your choice what you do we are all different and if you can tolerate Metformin then that's good , up to you in the end .

I can never understand why people, other than those who suffer @bulkbiker side effects (please no graphic details ) are so keen to stop taking Metformin.

It helps in lots of ways, does you no harm and there are no prizes for not taking medication.