forgotten Metformin

[arlenecarol]

I ate breakfast just before 9am today..it consisted of a medium potato, diced, one small onion and one egg...all sauted together...
it's now 11am and i was sitting here doing some sketching when i started to feel 'faint'...not a bad reaction, but definitely a feeling that something wasn't right...then i remembered that i hadn't taken my morning medication (850mg glucophage)..

i figured it would be a good time to check my BG level again just to see what was going on...i found it was 150...which is probably what it would have been WITH medication anyway.

what's going on? any ideas?

arlene

[Peter Lee]

Metform sits around in the body for some time, once you are regularly taking it and are used to it, so missing just one tablet is no big deal particularly when you have not eaten anything which stresses the metabolism. This will be why your reading was ok.

Metformin supports the current metabolism it doesn't work any magic directly on the sugar as insulin does.

The instruction leaflet with the Metformin says that if you miss one tablet, just take it when you remember - BUT do not double the dose if you only remember when the next one is due.

I feel funny when my sugars are changing - not necessarily when they are low (or high). Maybe that's why you felt faint, but I wouldn't like to say definitely.

As far as I know, you have nothing to worry about :wavey:

[arlenecarol]

SNIPPED FROM PL's post:

Metformin supports the current metabolism it doesn't work any magic directly on the sugar as insulin does.
:wavey:


i'm still trying to get my head around all this so please bear with me....
you are saying that Met. supports what's already happening with my body...
it sort of boosts the way i respond to the demand for insulin? and boosts the amount of insulin my body is actually putting out all by itself? is that what this is?

i'm kicking myself now for not paying more attention to this when i was in school!!! :frown: i do have some high level biology books here, guess i should take them down from the shelf and try to remember what i once upon a time learned!

i really do want to learn more, not that it's going to really matter given the nature of this disease...it's a sneaky bugger, isn't it?? ;)

thanks Peter Lee.

arlene

[middnite03]

i'm still trying to get my head around all this so please bear with me....
you are saying that Met. supports what's already happening with my body...
it sort of boosts the way i respond to the demand for insulin? and boosts the amount of insulin my body is actually putting out all by itself? is that what this is?

i'm kicking myself now for not paying more attention to this when i was in school!!! :frown: i do have some high level biology books here, guess i should take them down from the shelf and try to remember what i once upon a time learned!

i really do want to learn more, not that it's going to really matter given the nature of this disease...it's a sneaky bugger, isn't it?? ;)

thanks Peter Lee.

arlene

in a way your right, metaformin actually reduces the ammount you body rejects insulin, or rather your own insulin. So it help you matoblize the sugar by making sure the insulin you produce works better, and it also stops, or rather slows down the amount of suger your liver will "dump" into your blood stream. It stays in your system for quite some time, if you have been taking it for a while.

[HypnoToad]

thats the thing i like about metformin, you dont have to stress out about if you forget to take one at a certain time, if i forget to bring one to work with me i just take one when i get home and it doesnt affect me at all

[Peter Lee]

you are saying that Met. supports what's already happening with my body...
it sort of boosts the way i respond to the demand for insulin? and boosts the amount of insulin my body is actually putting out all by itself? is that what this is?
Metformin doesn't increase the amount of insulin the pancreas produces but what it does do is to help the body better use the insulin that is produced. Type 2 diabetes is characterised by a resistance of the body to insulin.

Metformin also reduces glucose absorption from the bowel and it also reduces the release of glucose by the liver.

Hope this helps.