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<blockquote data-quote="xyzzy" data-source="post: 252266" data-attributes="member: 40343"><p><strong>Re: Type 2 Diabetes ... Mum getting lows although on Metform</strong></p><p></p><p>A healthy non diabetic has a range somewhere between 3.8 and 5.5. I am Type 2 like your mother and am also on Metformin and I keep my levels as close to that same non diabetic range as possible. 5.1 is a fine healthy reading which she should be proud of. </p><p></p><p>It is not possible for someone to Hypo on Metformin as that drug does not stimulate insulin production. A Type 2 diabetic on Metformin has the same biological responses to low blood sugar levels as a non diabetic person. In either a Type 2 person or a non diabetic if your blood begin to drop too low your body will automatically compensate. To do this your liver will dump glucose into your bloodstream so to stop this self correction mechanism you need to have done something or taken something to override that natural response and Metformin is no where near powerful enough to do that.</p><p></p><p>A Hypo is defined as a VERY RAPID drop (normally in minutes) in blood glucose levels to below 2.7. This rapid drop can only come about by an injection of insulin or in very exceptional cases very strong drugs that promote insulin production. Even at 2.7 many diabetics are still quite coherent in fact some remain alert and coherent right down into the high 1's.</p><p></p><p>So stop worrying and ENCOURAGE your mother to aim for 4's.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xyzzy, post: 252266, member: 40343"] [b]Re: Type 2 Diabetes ... Mum getting lows although on Metform[/b] A healthy non diabetic has a range somewhere between 3.8 and 5.5. I am Type 2 like your mother and am also on Metformin and I keep my levels as close to that same non diabetic range as possible. 5.1 is a fine healthy reading which she should be proud of. It is not possible for someone to Hypo on Metformin as that drug does not stimulate insulin production. A Type 2 diabetic on Metformin has the same biological responses to low blood sugar levels as a non diabetic person. In either a Type 2 person or a non diabetic if your blood begin to drop too low your body will automatically compensate. To do this your liver will dump glucose into your bloodstream so to stop this self correction mechanism you need to have done something or taken something to override that natural response and Metformin is no where near powerful enough to do that. A Hypo is defined as a VERY RAPID drop (normally in minutes) in blood glucose levels to below 2.7. This rapid drop can only come about by an injection of insulin or in very exceptional cases very strong drugs that promote insulin production. Even at 2.7 many diabetics are still quite coherent in fact some remain alert and coherent right down into the high 1's. So stop worrying and ENCOURAGE your mother to aim for 4's. [/QUOTE]
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