Hi everyone,
I think this has been asked before but I can't seem to find it on the board.
I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced lows on metformin?.. I was on 2x 1000 mg metformin after dinner at night but have been cut back as I was having to many lows. I am now on 1x 500 mg and I am still having lows.. My reading this morning was 3.9 mmol- I have a feeling that in the next month or so I wont be needing it till such times as my diabetes progresses.

I would be interested if anyone else has experienced this?

Thanks

Hi,

Converting your 3.9mmol to US values would indicate a reading of 70mg/dL. How long has it been since you've cut back to 500mg?
I'm told it can possibly take 2-3 weeks for our bodies to realize the change in dosage, be it either up or down, though diabetes is an
individual thing.

I would want to discuss this with my physician, should this pattern continue, as it would be a concern to me.

If you've recently increased your exercise activity, and are losing weight, this too could have a positive effect, reducing your insulin resistance, allowing your bodies natural production of insulin to cover rises in glucose levels.

I'm on Met 1,000mg in the morning and the same dose at bedtime, and haven't had your experience yet, however I (have) been able
to reduce mealtime and basal dosages through regular exercise and weight loss.

Hopefully someone else will come along and offer you their thoughts and further insight.

Good luck!

eta; trying to figure out why my sentences aren't posting the way I intended them.

I'm on 2x1000mg, and get occasional lows. However, I already start to feel low and shakey at around 4.5.

Is that the only medication you are taking? According to my doctor metformin shouldn't cause lows... it may be something else that is causing it. Not to rule it out but look at everything else as well.

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You have lost a lot of weight, should be ready to be off meds by now?

Same thing happened to me. I was put on Metformin, 1000mg twice a day. It is rare that a person on Met experiences lows (below 70), but it does happen in some who have become less insulin resistant with weight loss, let alone exercise. My BGs dipped into the 40s a couple of times and began to stay in the 60s more often than not at one point, so the doctor took me off of the Metformin. So far so good! I would say that for you congratulations are in order!