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<blockquote data-quote="))Denise((" data-source="post: 399645" data-attributes="member: 27532"><p>Metformin only decreases levels by 1-2 mmol at full strength. The main thing you can do to cut your levels is to cut out the carbs.</p><p></p><p>You should start the metformin at one tablet a day and build it up over a period of a few weeks, take it in the middle of a meal. Some people are more sensitive to it than others. For me I had terrible diarrhoea. I have also found that metformin and wheat are not good bedfellows and by cutting out wheat, my stomach doesn't complain any more. </p><p></p><p>This is the NICE Pathway for medications <a href="http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/diabetes#path=view%3A/pathways/diabetes/blood-glucose-lowering-therapy-for-type-2-diabetes.xml" target="_blank">http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/di ... abetes.xml</a></p><p></p><p>You don't necessarily loose weight with Metformin, cutting carbs has more of an effect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="))Denise((, post: 399645, member: 27532"] Metformin only decreases levels by 1-2 mmol at full strength. The main thing you can do to cut your levels is to cut out the carbs. You should start the metformin at one tablet a day and build it up over a period of a few weeks, take it in the middle of a meal. Some people are more sensitive to it than others. For me I had terrible diarrhoea. I have also found that metformin and wheat are not good bedfellows and by cutting out wheat, my stomach doesn't complain any more. This is the NICE Pathway for medications [url=http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/diabetes#path=view%3A/pathways/diabetes/blood-glucose-lowering-therapy-for-type-2-diabetes.xml]http://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/di ... abetes.xml[/url] You don't necessarily loose weight with Metformin, cutting carbs has more of an effect. [/QUOTE]
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