| When first diagnosed, I started metformin 500 mg twice a day. I asked the doc to switch me to the metformin ER, as i'd read it kept numbers more stable throughout the day, as the extended release caused it to peak later than with regular metformin. I had equally good results with both.
If someone is having a lot of the "gastric" problems with regular metformin, it might be worth it to consider the extended release. I did find the extended release pills to be bigger than the regular ones, but it wasn't a problem for me.
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T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Metformin 500 mg twice daily
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets
Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (after dealing with shingles & bronchiti)
2/09: 5.5 | 
