Metformin normal dose
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2 g of Metformin in close to the maximum dose. Do make sure you take some b vitamin supplement as metformin can decrease your body's absorption of b vitamins.
Recommend you consider and look into low carb/ higher (healthy) fat diet. This approach is actually now being recognized as one of the better ways to deal with diabetes.
Are you able to swim / walk in water or do non-weight bearing exercise, it may help (as well as with function).
Correction to my comment; "For the long-acting form, metformin ER, the starting dose is metformin ER 500 mg once daily, and the maximum dosing is metformin ER 2000 mg once daily (or metformin ER 1000 mg twice daily).
Recently my dose of metformin was increased to 2-500s night and morning. I developed h pylori and direarra. They treated the h pilori, howeverstill have direarra. I have noticed the metformin pills passing through completely whole. I have taken them apart, they still have powder in them. Also since the h pylori and increased metformin my blood sugar testing has gone to as high as 459. Went to dr and he put me on insulin. This has gradually brought blood sugars down to 114 and 250.
what if i am not sure if i took my night dose of metformin.
Metformin only has bad side affects if you: don't start with a small dose first, and then work your way up to the higher dose OR if you don't watch the fat content in your foods. I've been on it 2 years and never had bad side affects.
That aside, your morning levels are tad high where normal max is 99 mg/dl. The others are well into normal. Stress and a herniated disk can elevate glucose levels by themselves. However, the A1c does not lie and is quite accurate. At 7.5% this equates to daily glucose average of 169 mg/dl. One has to ask if you're still on Prednisone and whether your dose has increased or decreased. And, the accuracy of your home test meter and whether it requires calibration. Some do some don't.
Not everyone tolerates them equally. One side effect of Metformin is weakness. Also, taking Metformin in quarters is below the recommended dose and is so minimal, I highly doubt it has any affect on helping to lower your glucose [blood sugar] level. You should check with your doctor about other oral diabetes medications, that is, if you wish to continue treating your potential diabetes.
"...I do not have any symptoms at all."
Not everyone has diabetes symptoms.
The way to see if you can tolerate it is to start with a low dose (maybe 1/2 or 1/4 of a pill). Then build up the dose over a period of days / weeks.
However, if your blood sugar numbers are very high (normal blood sugars are less than 140 all the time), please consider a low carb (moderate protein, high healthy fats) diet. And do not rule out insulin. Insulin is actually a great tool for controlling blood sugars.
After initiating metformin, many of the hormonal problems, including weight gain despite daily exercise and healthy eating habits, have greatly improved. However, several months after achieving a dose of 1250 mg of the metformin ER, I am experiencing profound food sensitivity and allergies that have been further complicated by colitis, vitamin D deficiency, fatigue, and chronic hives. The fatigue seems to persist despite vitamin D supplementation.
I've been on metformin for 4 months, and haven't lost any weight- how many mg are you on? I take 1000mg/day. I haven't gained any weight either, which is good, but I wouldn't have minded a loss ;) We're ttc, so maybe it has something to do with the clomid. I've had some bad side effects to the metformin- I take one dose at night, with the idea of sleeping through it, but a few times I've woke up with nausea and gotten sick.
i spotted about 4-5 days before my period then it would come as normal when i was taking metformin; which was nice because i never knew when my period was coming so it was a warning for me like... better have some tampons in your purse. LoL he had me on it because apparently i do not ovulate and have PCOS. I took it for a couple months but the way it made me feel, i.e. sick with diarrhea was just not worth it to me. After I stopped taking it though I had normal periods for about 4 months.
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