Help with Metformin

[Lulubell]

i am not a type II diabetic (although i could be if i continued eating the way i was), and am currently taking Metformin as part of a fertility regimen. here's my question: if the Met is prescribed to help stabilize blood sugar on a regular low-fat diet, but on atkins the blood sugar is controlled through diet, isn't the met kind of redundant or possible ineffective?

thoughts?

[Miss Phode]

Re: Help with Metformin

You'll want to consult your doc on this. Some people eventually no longer need diabetes meds after doing Atkins for a while, because the blood sugar stabilizes naturally in response to the diet.

[Coop2004]

Re: Help with Metformin

Hi Lulu,

Welcome to and to the Diabetic Forum.

I concur with what Miss Phode said.

[Tracie515]

Re: Help with Metformin

It took me 3 weeks of thes WOE for the doc to take me off all my diabetes meds.

[Lulubell]

Re: Help with Metformin

It took me 3 weeks of thes WOE for the doc to take me off all my diabetes meds.

cool. the issue is have is that i'm not on it for diabetes - i'm on it as part of a regimen of fertility drugs. since i have PCOS (very similar to Type II diabetes), infertility is a big problem, although, with atkins WOE, i'm not sure how necessary the metformin is... i will continue to take it until my next ovulation cycle, though, and then i guess we'll see what happens.