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<blockquote data-quote="Iambackwards" data-source="post: 119136" data-attributes="member: 20825"><p>I don't see why your doctor would go crazy when he found out you were prescribed metformin. I guess it is only necessary when you show clear insulin resistance. One thing that can be dangerous with metformin, if you have normal insulin sensitivity and take metformin there is a huge increase in your insulin sensitivity, in my experience anyway.</p><p></p><p>1000mg of metformin can make me 2 - 4 times more sensitive to insulin, so for a meal where I would take 8 units of novarapid, I would then need 4 units or less and if you took normal doses + metformin you would get some nasty hypos.</p><p></p><p>With regards to weight loss, I think its great because it allows you to lower your insulin requirements a lot, which isn't key to weight loss but helps a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iambackwards, post: 119136, member: 20825"] I don't see why your doctor would go crazy when he found out you were prescribed metformin. I guess it is only necessary when you show clear insulin resistance. One thing that can be dangerous with metformin, if you have normal insulin sensitivity and take metformin there is a huge increase in your insulin sensitivity, in my experience anyway. 1000mg of metformin can make me 2 - 4 times more sensitive to insulin, so for a meal where I would take 8 units of novarapid, I would then need 4 units or less and if you took normal doses + metformin you would get some nasty hypos. With regards to weight loss, I think its great because it allows you to lower your insulin requirements a lot, which isn't key to weight loss but helps a lot. [/QUOTE]
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