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c/t2dglp1·submitted 1 year ago by u/osman_ferrari

metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right

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Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US. Specifics: the route I used took 20 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost.…

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u/gradient_goblin171 points·1 year ago

no medication-stopping advice, ever

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical82 points·1 year ago

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

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u/tired_ledger_notes24 points·1 year ago

A1c, CGM, stacking with metformin

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u/osman_ferrariOP124 points·1 year ago

no medication-stopping advice, ever

Adding to this: metformin is doing more work than the comment implies.

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u/baseline_drifteranalytical33 points·1 year ago

CGM traces tell a story, numbers alone do not

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u/santiago_rasmussen46 points·1 year ago

hypoglycaemia risk when stacked with metformin

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