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Metformin for pre diabetic patients?
Diabetes & Endocrine System | Last Active: Aug 1 8:34am | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
I exercise 5 days a week, walking 45-60 minutes on a treadmill. I don’t check my glucose at home. I am strictly following the Mediterranean diet. I don’t eat eat sweets at all, no alcohol and never have smoked. I have always had less than 90 glucose but surprisingly the A1C was 5.7 which I can attribute it to my high triglycerides which have come down to normal, cholesterol is borderline right now. As soon as I get my labs in 4 months I will share. At this point I am not driven to take Metformin.
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@naiviv it sounds like you are on the right track. With your attention to diet, exercise, triglycerides and cholesterol I can’t see that Metformin would be a huge benefit (but I’m not your doctor) especially if you aren’t monitoring your blood sugar at home. Monitoring your blood sugar at home would give you an idea if the Metformin was helping. Your A1C is only slightly above normal. It is an indication of how your blood sugars have been over about a 3 week time frame. As you said, you’re in lab blood sugars are good but you might benefit from seeing some daily blood sugar data. You could inquire about it at your appointment in 4 months.