Metmorphin - RxChat (RSS)

Verwon Says

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 01:27:11 GMT

Just to add some details, yes the medication name is Metformin, it is an oral antidiabetic medication that's used to help lower and control blood sugar levels.

Side effects may include nausea, dizziness, flatulence and stomach pain.

You can learn more Metformin details here.

In regards to Dianne's post, that's really not fair, since not all diabetics are diabetic due to a bad diet and weight problems. There are some people that are born with it.

I've known several that do their best to get tons of proper exercise, eat healthy and do everything they can to keep their blood sugar in control and they still can't, though they are a perfectly healthy weight and almost never eat junk foods.

I just wanted to add this, because I don't want others to be afraid to post in the future, I want them to know that there are some of us that understand the disease and how devastating it can be.

Are there any comments or questions?

dianne shewchuk Says

Fri, 4 Nov 2011 01:51:16 GMT

hi, because metphormin is a prescibed medication, i would think that you have to take as directed. but It was prescribed based on your historical blood sugar readings which fluctuate on an hourly basis kind of in relation to the glycimic index of the food you just ate and the amount of physical activity you are doing..eg....eating a donut sitting watching tv with 2 metphormin pills or eating a doughnut and running up 90 feet of stairs,and having taken 2 metphormin pills after an hour recheck you blood sugar levels or eating broccoli and taking 2 metphornin pills and running upstairs. the fact is that the dosage of metmophin lowers your resting (so to speak) sugar level but the other two have to be juggled to keep a consistant blood sugar as much as possible ..to avoid the spikes in the readings...the doughnut screws this all up so ...goodbye doughnut, after awhile on low glycimic food and moderate exercise your doc will prolly lower your meds, you have balanced out, type two diabetes can be controlled but it is our willpower that has to be controlled. Isn't this the larger picture than just popping the meds?

Roy Says

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:02:02 GMT

Do you mean Metformin ? For type 2 diabetes ?