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Q: drugs for hypoglycemia ?
asked by: lulu1346 on January 14th, 2008
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I finally found a good doc who LISTENED and understood my symptoms and linked them to hypoglycemia. She looked at my gtt and insulin levels and basically said that my pancreas it overactive and produces too much insulin too suddenly which in turn lowers my blood sugar too suddenly.

She referred me to a dietitian (we'll see if they know anything more than I do...) and interestingly she wants me to start taking the Diabetes drug metformin.....

Has anyone out there had experience taking this drug as a hypoglycemic??? Feedback??

She said it may or may not help me but it's worth a try. She said it functions by decreasing insulin production which might help with the overactive pancreas....
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burnbrae
replied on January 14th, 2008
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Hi, I take Metformin for HIGH blood count, My experience is that has made NO difference at all to my count. Also it is well know that it can give you diarrohea for a week or 2 when you start them, but it soon passes.
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lulu1346
replied on January 14th, 2008
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Has it given you any other unfavorable side effects? It doesn't lower your blood sugar at all?
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burnbrae
replied on January 14th, 2008
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I have had no side effects other than diarorhea. but that soon passed. It seems blood sugar numbers in here are usa. Uk goes from zero up..5-8 being normal. My count was 23 when given Metformin and since taking it I vary between 15-28, which is no difference than before i took Metformin.
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burnbrae
replied on January 14th, 2008
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found this in forum www.faqs.org/faqs/diabetes/faq/part1/secti on-9.html and the numbers i gave you seem to be about 270 - 500
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Stan
replied on January 14th, 2008
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Why would they make an insulin decreasing drug for a diabetic? Quite strange. I don't know, no experience with this, I only know about diazoxide as far as what it does, but I haven't taken that either.
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MoralAnimal
replied on February 26th, 2008
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i have been doing research on this... metformin doesn't decrease insulin per-se, it makes your cells more sensitive to insulin (ie: uses insulin more efficiently). It is used for people with insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is the number one cause of type 2 diabetes. I am struggling with this myself. My insulin gets too high after I eat because my cells are insulin resistant. Then suddenly the insulin kicks in and my blood sugar drops to low causing hypoglycemia. Eventually the pancreas can't produce insulin anymore, it wears out, and you get diabetes.
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