Dobbs said:
are there any other consequences I should know about?
Hi Dobbs,
You need to be aware that metformin does two things. Firstly it reduces insulin resistance, which allows your body's insulin to work more efficiently. The second thing is that it stops your liver from producing unwanted glucose. A problem that most type 2s have is that the liver loses the ability to calculate how much glucose it needs to produce in order to keep your blood sugar levels stable. In many cases it can produce as much as 3 times more than it should. Metformin can reduce this overproduction by 30%.
So the result of dropping metformin is that your insulin resistance doesn't improve, resulting in your pancreas needing to produce more insulin than it should to process the blood sugar (which can eventually lead to your pancreas burning out), plus there's nothing to prevent your liver from going back into serious overproduction of glucose.