All About Metformin

Great Info!!! You're absolutely right, I was started on Metformin when I was first diagnosed too!! After losing about 35 lbs I've been managing my diabetes with an with EKG (Eat healthy, Know your numbers, Get off the couch) for the past 10 years. Again good info!!

I'm a pharmacist in Korea and this is so easy and fun explanation. I think using ur words to patients would be helpful to make them understand. Thanx!

Been taking Metformin for the past 17 years . I've read many articles about it and this is the first time I learned that it controls the liver to produce more sugar and it doesn't really cause my hypoglycemia. That could be why my doctor removed glimiperide and later vildagliptin and still maintained me on metformin + insulin only. You know I've been to many doctors and none of them exlained to me how my prescribed medicine works. I have to do my own research everytime.

I wish I would have found all this information 3 yrs ago when I was first diagnosed with type2 diabetes. I am learning a lot. I do take metformin I take it twice a day morning with breakfast and with dinner. I have also been taking Ozempic for an month now. So I just found you today and soaking in all your information. Thank You

You explained so well and you making learning fun. Excellent job leep it up

Very good explanations on how each drug works! Good to way up all options!!

Thanks for the info. Very informative.

Very informative video, I am being put on metformin so definitely helped me! Thank you!

Many thanks, you have allayed some of my doubts about taking this. I hate drugs and have managed to avoid them until now but have just been put on this. I feel relieved that the horrible gastric problems are common and now I understand why I dare not leave the house! Probably chose the best time to be diagnosed as C 19 has reduced my social life to zero anyway! Hopefully the symptoms will subside in time. I’m subscribed.

I am fine with taking Metformin ER 500 mg, but when my dr increased the dose to 1000 mg, I had too many GI issues, so she dropped me back down to 500mg. My blood sugars are still higher than I would like. I see her again next month, I'm probably going to have to go on something else, but I don't know what. BTW, I love your videos. I'm learning a lot from you!

Very good. Please continue doing the videos.

Oh how I wish I could take it! It's so helpful for PCOS, but sadly, it made me severely sick both times we tried, so I had no choice but to stop. It helps a lot of people I know, and I'm not gonna lie- I'm envious of their GI tract! Diabetes is scary, but your videos are so informative, fun, and upbeat, and learning more about this disease has been less depressing. Thanks for all your hard work! That burping liver was the highlight of my day 🤣

Thanks for the explanation. I've been through the noisy side effects and seem to deal with it well now. Unfortunately I've had to move on to injecting my stomach area. Your video covering that was very helpful.

Great job and cutely done

I was with my Doctor the other Day he took my bloods a month ago and he got the results and he told me that my sugars were high so he prescribed me metformin i have to go back in 3 months time when he will take my bloods again.I have subbed and liked the video greetings from Ireland😊

After 2 years of use I developed round-the-clock, flu-like side effects including nausea, headache, fatigue, body aches, diarrhea, and gas. It drove me back to bed. Stopped and started 3x over 6 months. I went thru the side effects each time before I was sure it was Metformin and my doctor accepted that it was, too. I found doctors are hesitant to discontinue Metformin. Metformin lowered glucose meter readings best after meals with moderate carbs. I typically eat low carb meals and found that "benefit" counter-productive for everyday but nice for holidays. Lowered my a1c one tenth a point every 3 months at 500mg twice a day.

Thank you for the great video. I had been on Metformin for years w/o any trouble. At first 1000MG in the morning and later 1000MG both morning and evening. I tested in the mid teens with an an A1c under 7.0 as long as I watched my carb intake and consequently I got to rarely testing and my med folks were happy. About a year ago things took a "left turn." Gi issues developed to explosive diahrea disasters (thankfully only at home) of having to disrobe in the bath tub and blood glucose levels hovering around 145. Pioglitazone (Actos) 15MG was added, but blood glucose remained the same. I discontinued Metformin for a brief, period gaining GI relief, and then tried to "sneak up" on Metformin with the extended release formulation, Metformin ER, titrating 500MG, then 1000MG, then 1500MG, and back to 2000MG. GI issues are less frequent, but still occur, and blood glucose remains around 145 and higher with an A1c increasing to 7.6 most recently. I'm not happy and my GP does not seem as concerned as I would like him to be. Curiously, if I fast for 20hrs (no meds either) I can test 90-115 or so. There are those on Youtube who feel at an A1c of 5.4, damage to vital organs has started. On my present meds with diet and moderate exercise, I can't seem to drive my blood glucose down. (I don't think once diagnosed T2 I've been hypoglycemic although as a teen and younger man I'd get the shakes w/o eating and seek a sugar fix to cure them.) I'm 75 and would hope to live out my life not needing dialysis or incuring vision loss, nephropathies, etc. I apologize for the length of this. I wonder might you have any suggestions? Many thanks.

Been taking metformin for 3 years. I started with the twice a day routine with an a1c of 10.9 when I was diagnosed and the diarrhea was a nightmare. I would be at work and then poop myself. Thankfully the ER metformin I get from my new doctor is much better.

Hi! Do you have a video that covers all the insulin drug classes? I found the one specific to sulfonylureas and now I have this so that’s great but would be so helpful to see all of them in relation to one another. Love your videos and i’m going to recommend them to all my nursing school friends as we’re learning diabetic medications right now. You’re great at explaining in a way that everyone can understand. Thank you!

Thank you! I am over weight and need knee replacement for both knees. I have already lost 27 pounds in 2 months. My dietician Doctor recently put me on Metformin and a Kito diet. My goal weight is 288 or a BMI of less that 40 so my Orthopedic Doctor can start on my knees. It's not a bad diet.