I think it doesn’t really matter which meal, just take it around the same time each day.Hi
I'm down to 1 x 500 metformin a day.
When is the best time to take this, never been told. After breakfast or after dinner? Will taking at a particular time help hba1c? Thanks.
Metformin doesn’t particularly work to counteract the glucose in your meals so in that sense timing is irrelevant. Just take it roughly the same time each day. It works mostly by limiting how my glucose the liver dumps into the blood. The reason it is advised to be taken with food (just before or after) is that doing so limits digestive side effects.I would suggest about half an hour before dinner. There are "normal" metformin tablets and time-released. Assuming you use the normal ones, they don't work for 24 hours. According to the Netherlands medical database the maximum effect is reached after about 2,5 hours and the half-time (correct word?) is about 6,5 hours. So it stands to reason that if you take your tablet with your breakfast it will not be active much if at all by the time you eat your biggest meal of the day. Assuming that will be dinner.
The timing around the meal is another discussion. When I started with metformin I had the doctor saying with my meals, the pharmacy said after meals and the included description said before my meals. I tend to go with what the manufacturer says.
I take 1x500mg in the morning and 2x500mg before dinner with omad.
If it doesn’t say any particular time on the label, it’s presumably not importantHi
I'm down to 1 x 500 metformin a day.
When is the best time to take this, never been told. After breakfast or after dinner? Will taking at a particular time help hba1c? Thanks.
Metformin should be taken 30mins before eating.Hi
I'm down to 1 x 500 metformin a day.
When is the best time to take this, never been told. After breakfast or after dinner? Will taking at a particular time help hba1c? Thanks.
All the metformin I have taken have directions to take WITH mealsMetformin should be taken 30mins before eating.
Maybe put the money saved by not buying biscuits into some test strips?I was taking 1 x 500g Metformin twice daily up to two or three years ago. After I changed to 1 x 500g with dinner, my HbA1c seems to have increased markedly. My diabetic nurse is reluctant to increase the dose because I show signs of kidney problems. My wife has cut out biscuits with tea. I don't know if that's enough because I am no longer prescribed test strips.
I was told that if I'm only taking it once a day, to take it after breakfast.Hi
I'm down to 1 x 500 metformin a day.
When is the best time to take this, never been told. After breakfast or after dinner? Will taking at a particular time help hba1c? Thanks.
I think that is a contra indication - from what I recall of the information which came in the box - something to alert your GP or nurse about as you should be getting a review soon, at one year.i been taking metformin for 12 months and ever since taking it i have had a rash on back of my neck, i tried steroids and medicated shampoo but it does not help. also no spots on top oof my head. anyone experienced this from metformin?