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<blockquote data-quote="xyzzy" data-source="post: 244888" data-attributes="member: 40343"><p>I had the same problem especially early on after dropping my carbohydrate intake considerably and eating more things like eggs. The wife has put me on Benefibre which is tasteless. You add it to tea or coffee or whatever drink you like. Seems to be doing it for me if you get my drift.</p><p></p><p>The only other reaction I get to Metformin is I now feel nauseous very quickly after eating anything with pastry which is very useful imo as I use to be a sausage roll and cornish pasty devotee. Apart from that I think its really good, its very helpful with blood sugar level spikes, losing weight and suppresses appetite. </p><p></p><p>Don't expect it to be a miracle cure regarding blood sugars. I'm afraid when it comes to reducing your levels changing your diet is really the only way. I find that it has reduced my background sugar levels by at most 1 mmol although it does help reduce the spikes you get in levels after you eat. At a guess it is allowing me to eat around an additional 25-30g of carbohydrate more each day than I could without out so not a lot but enough to allow you eat a wider variety of things. Everyone is different however so it might be better or worse for you.</p><p></p><p>If you get horrible reactions to it after more than a few days the standard procedure seems to be to go back to the gp and ask for the slow release (SR) version.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xyzzy, post: 244888, member: 40343"] I had the same problem especially early on after dropping my carbohydrate intake considerably and eating more things like eggs. The wife has put me on Benefibre which is tasteless. You add it to tea or coffee or whatever drink you like. Seems to be doing it for me if you get my drift. The only other reaction I get to Metformin is I now feel nauseous very quickly after eating anything with pastry which is very useful imo as I use to be a sausage roll and cornish pasty devotee. Apart from that I think its really good, its very helpful with blood sugar level spikes, losing weight and suppresses appetite. Don't expect it to be a miracle cure regarding blood sugars. I'm afraid when it comes to reducing your levels changing your diet is really the only way. I find that it has reduced my background sugar levels by at most 1 mmol although it does help reduce the spikes you get in levels after you eat. At a guess it is allowing me to eat around an additional 25-30g of carbohydrate more each day than I could without out so not a lot but enough to allow you eat a wider variety of things. Everyone is different however so it might be better or worse for you. If you get horrible reactions to it after more than a few days the standard procedure seems to be to go back to the gp and ask for the slow release (SR) version. [/QUOTE]
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