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metformin use
Hi all, may be repeating a message but not sure if it went through. I have been using metformin for around 10 yrs. [73 male] and seeing my a1c rising over the last few months. I 've read that metformin works until it doesn't and am wondering others experience with this drug and what alternatives have been successful for you. thanks
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I take a low dose of ozempic. It works for me.
What is your A1C?
I am on 2000 mg metformin but also on Mounjaro 10mg. Finally I was able reduce my A1C to 7.2. Tried Ozempic, lost 10 lbs, switching to Mounjaro, dropped me further and my A1C.
I'm about the same age, I've been taking metformin about seven years and it seems to still work for me, if I miss a dose or about once a year I try cutting back the dose and sure enough my numbers blip back up.
I do have increasing trouble keeping my daily blood glucose numbers down, but that's not the metformin's fault, I know it's for two (or more) reasons. First, I cheat more on my diet, LOL. When I stick to my carb limits my blood glucose is fine. Well, mostly fine. I think my carb processing capacity is slowly falling. Cheats that I used to get away with, not so much anymore, so my BG numbers go up and may take a day or two to come back down. So that's the second reason. Or, just call it age.
So I keep revising my carb plan and I try to cut back on the cheating.
ps - it's not just carb cheating, it's fat cheating as well, red meat and milk fat seem to raise my numbers, even if I stay within my carb limits, probably facilitate insulin resistance but exactly how I don't really know.
@carbcounter thanks for the reply, I certainly could follow a more strict diet. I did keto a couple of yrs back lost 40 lbs and gained 15 back, blood sugar was just right. Couldn't sustain the diet but incredibly effective. Thanks again
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2 Reactions@la4tune2024 you see the name I use here, LOL. Are you following any kind of diet now, at least counting carbs and limiting to some number per meal and per day?
As long as I do that much I can eat at least a little of pretty much anything. Then there are specific things to do with the diet that seem to help manage BG even more directly.