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Metformin,

A DiabetesTeam Member asked a question 💭
PORTAREKO

is there a metformin blackberry???

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A DiabetesTeam Member

No, Metformin comes from a Lilac plant (common name is French Lilac or called Goat's Rue in earlier times)

So it "is" natural and has been "known" for a couple centuries but it became "medical grade"… read more

Fortamet I Take It Twice A Day One In The Morning One At Super Time Is It Ok

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Gatineau, QC
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A DiabetesTeam Member

I take 2 in the morning after breakfast and 2 after my evening meal. I guess it all depends on what the feels is necessary for each individual.

Metformin

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Maidenhead, UK

I am prescribed Alogliptin 12.5 mg/Metformin 1000 mg tablets two a day. I take one at breakfast and one with my evening meal. Earlier i used to take late dinners with max one hour before going to bed. But currently i am experiencing dawn phenomenon. So my questions are:
1) is it enough strong of about 2 gms of metformin a day?
2) is it a good idea to take this tablet with a very little bedtime snack?

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A DiabetesTeam Member

Metformin is a prescription drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help improve blood glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes. It is considered an adjunct treatment to diet… read more

My Doctor Just Put Me On Actos...

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Hutchinson, KS

anyone else taking this ? side effects? Weight gain? I'm not having many side effects but the weight gain is evident. How am I supposed to lose weight when they put you on the one drug that's supposed to help you but makes you gain?

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A DiabetesTeam Member

I stopped taking it as it made me real sick but my Doctor was real mad at me and tried to make me take it so I went and found another Doctor !

Is There An Alternative To Metformin?

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Inverary, ON

I think I have read this question a half dozen times in the past two days - so what is the answer since it gets asked often

First off, what even is Metformin?

Metformin is the ONLY Tier 1 anti-diabetic medication out there

It is a derivative of the French Lilac (Goat's Rue) so it is both a Natural and Traditional - however, in it's traditional form it is not very effective so it was turned into pharmaceutical grade back in 1957 and has been the "first" drug prescribed to Type 2's for many… read more

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A DiabetesTeam Member

@A DiabetesTeam Member and I take Milk Thistle

Not because it "replaces" pharmaceuticals, but rather because it's "enough for me" since I am not advanced enough to need a prescription

Obviously you… read more

Lyrica

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Castlebar, IE

Was on glauofage but changed to metorfim have been really sick face skin peeling and diarrhoea stoped taking them and now feeling much better found a chemist wher I can get glauofage

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A DiabetesTeam Member

It was a generic form of Metformin I was given

Fortamet

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Sparta, WI

when I was 8 they tubes from my kidneys to bladder and my bladder to out were to small causes a serious backup of urine into my kidneys. that was surgically corrected but almost killed my kidneys. 17 years ago I was told that my kidneys bleed at a +3 for no apparent reason, but function normally. in 2004 I found out I had angiomloipomas in both kidneys In 2004 they were 1-4mm in 2005 they had grown to 4-5cm. in 2007 they remain the same. my question is: should I even be on the metformin… read more

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So sorry. May you choose wisely.