weaning off Metformon

[Mark Rawlinson]

Has any one else slowly come off metformin ? Since my Hba1c's have gone much lower I asked to come off Metfromin due to its horrendous side effect on me. After 2 months without I have had had no change to any reading both finger pricks and last Hba1c. I am however using Trujeo and Trurapi

 

[EllieM]

To be honest I wouldn't expect metformin to have much effect at all compared to insulin.

Comparison of metformin and insulin versus insulin alone for type 2 diabetes: systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE): Quality-assessed Revi

The results of the metastudy above are interesting, if not desperately conclusive.