Dumping the meds?
I guess as you are some sort of mod from your handle, this is an like official sort of recommendation?
Me, I'd never second guess the doc.
Really? I second guess my doc all the time. And a good job too. It has saved me from a number of problems, including drug clashes between blood pressure medication and cabergoline, which could have been nasty. Also when the doc mistakenly decided to discontinue a medication the endocrinologist considers necessary and insisted be prescribed again. I long ago learned to check everything my general practitioner says and prescribes.
I also have excellent blood glucose control - by testing my blood glucose regularly - which the doc says is unnecessary.
This has taught me to follow a low carb way of eating.
So while you may chose not to second guess your doc, i am extremely glad I second guess mine.
Alexandra has stated that the Metformin is a new introduction to her blood glucose management - and that she had to persuade her doc to prescribe them. A two week hiatus to test whether her nausea is a Metformin contraindication, or not, is a perfectly reasonable suggestion, and is certainly not a recommendation to ‘dump her meds’.
@Alexandra100 , I hope you didn’t think I was suggesting that you abandon medical advice and strike out into a life of rebellion.
I doubt if you did, since I have read enough of your posts to know you are a person of common sense who makes reasoned, informed decisions. But just in case, if you do feel like dropping the Met for a few days, you could always give your surgery a ring and let them know of your decision. They may even be interested to learn the outcome.
When I was prescribed metformin (for a few months in 2001 for PCOS) It gave me a terrible metallic taste in my mouth. Which made me very reluctant to take the tablets. I raised it with the consultant at my next appointment, and he shrugged and said ‘some people just can’t tolerate Metformin.’ And that was the end of that. Ironically i would now like to try slow release Metformin, in the hope that avoids the metallic taste, but they keep telling me my bgs are too low to need it - even though my fasting readings are nowhere near as good as yours.
It is certainly wise to keep your medical team advised of your decisions. And medical advice should never be ignored. But that doesn’t mean we should blindly follow it.