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<blockquote data-quote="JuliePerks" data-source="post: 1134313" data-attributes="member: 268550"><p>I was on metformin standard and very unwell, stomach cramps, bowels in uproer etc. Then slow release was OK for a few days and then no better than standard. My blood sugsrs were in the teens when I was taking metformin. I told doctor that my bg was up when on metformin and she told me to stop testing my bg and keep taking the metformin. Another month of hell and I stopped taking the horrible drug, started testing again and bgs had come down, not as good as before metformin, but a lot better than when on the drug. Eventually saw diabetes specialist who said "of course the drug makes your blood sugar rise, your blood sugar rises when you're ill, if it makes you ill then the blood sugar rises. We normally tell people not to test blood sugar". I can't believe that the "scientists" in exeter are intending to give this awful drug to children who haven't got diabetes! I don't take it any more, but I haven't been offered anything else and I really don't understand how not testing blood sugars helps if the drug is having a damaging affect?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JuliePerks, post: 1134313, member: 268550"] I was on metformin standard and very unwell, stomach cramps, bowels in uproer etc. Then slow release was OK for a few days and then no better than standard. My blood sugsrs were in the teens when I was taking metformin. I told doctor that my bg was up when on metformin and she told me to stop testing my bg and keep taking the metformin. Another month of hell and I stopped taking the horrible drug, started testing again and bgs had come down, not as good as before metformin, but a lot better than when on the drug. Eventually saw diabetes specialist who said "of course the drug makes your blood sugar rise, your blood sugar rises when you're ill, if it makes you ill then the blood sugar rises. We normally tell people not to test blood sugar". I can't believe that the "scientists" in exeter are intending to give this awful drug to children who haven't got diabetes! I don't take it any more, but I haven't been offered anything else and I really don't understand how not testing blood sugars helps if the drug is having a damaging affect? [/QUOTE]
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