Metformin, when to take

[gaz1971]

When do you take it for the best results, as you start a meal or 20 mins or so before you eat?

 

[))Denise((]

Metformin isn't an instant sort of med, so there wouldn't be any advantage to taking it 20 minutes before a meal. You would be more likely to get tummy troubles with it if taken without food.

 

[Daibell]

Hi. If you have the standard version you would normally take it with food and it's effects lasts for a few hours. If you take the SR (Slow Release) version it will act over a 24 hour period so it is less critical when you take it but obviously follow your prescription or leaflet guidelines.

 

[Sarah69]

I'm on 2 x 500mg of SR metformin a day and I take them after my breakfast with a cup of tea.

 

[Hobs]

I take SR and I was told to take them as a divided dose. Breakfast and evening meal.

 

[gaz1971]

Im on normal Metformin, 2 500mg tablets 3 times a day.

 

[carty]

The leaflet says wi8th or soon after a meal .I find if I take my met in the middle of my meal sort of burying it in food I dont have the stomach probs
CAROL