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c/t2dglp1·posted 2 years ago by u/nhs_waitlist_n

T2D vs metformin — genuinely asking which matters more

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hypoglycaemia. That is the whole post, but I will justify it.

Everything else people worry about in c/meta is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort hypoglycaemia out first, and almost nobody does.

I say this having got it wrong for 6 months. My fasting insulin was the thing that eventually made me pay attention, which is a stupid way to learn a lesson that was in the sidebar the whole time.

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u/swirl_dont_shakereconstitution43 points·2 years ago

Sceptical. If this were true we would see it reflected in the data and we do not.

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u/nhs_waitlist_nOPUK17 points·2 years ago

post A1c with units and assay date

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u/camila_vasquez9 points·2 years ago

the triglycerides change is the signal

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u/nhs_waitlist_nOPUK11 points·2 years ago

Came off after 79 weeks for financial reasons. Regained about a third over the following year. Back on now at a much lower dose.

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u/ice_pack_auditcold chain3 points·2 years ago

post A1c with units and assay date

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u/adnan_karlsen29 points·2 years ago

Water content matters more than people think. If a vial is carrying residual moisture, your "10mg" is not 10mg of peptide.

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u/sock_puppet_spotter7 points·2 years ago

CGM traces tell a story, numbers alone do not

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u/yannick_barros2 points·2 years ago

glycaemic control first, that is the original indication

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u/santiago_rasmussen21 points·2 years ago

the 30 A1c trend is the answer

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u/marisol_moreau5 points·2 years ago

Half-life is about 168 hours, so steady state lands around week 2–5. Practical consequence: what you feel in week 1 is not what that dose does.

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u/appeal_letter_al4 points·2 years ago

type 2 is the indication, weight loss is the side effect

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u/nhs_waitlist_nOPUK2 points·2 years ago

the 35 A1c trend is the answer

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u/cloudy_vial_carol7 points·2 years ago

no medication-stopping advice, ever

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u/jonas_cardoso0 points·2 years ago

Strongly agree. A1c matters as much as weight.

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u/step_count_stan10 points·2 years ago

insulin and sulfonylurea interactions are real hypo risk

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u/marit_mwangi6 points·2 years ago

This is the "correlation is mechanism" thing again. You changed three variables at once.

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u/fasting_insulin_fMOD5 points·2 years ago

Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.

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u/tomas_lokken-36 points·2 years ago

Has anyone actually got this in writing, or is it forum lore at this point?

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u/sigrid_kaufmann1 point·2 years ago

metformin combo is standard

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u/sunday_shot_sal0 points·2 years ago

A1c, CGM, stacking with metformin

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u/neha_falk1 point·2 years ago

Respectfully this is a sample of one presented as a finding.

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u/sigrid_kaufmann3 points·2 years ago

This is correct. Hypo risk is real.

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Type 2 diabetes as the original indication: A1c trajectories, CGM traces, hypoglycaemia risk when stacked with sulfonylureas or insulin, metformin combinations, and why the weight-loss conversation sometimes drowns out the glycaemic one.

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