Do I know my GFR? No. This setting was nice, too.Love the stone work. I can imagine how cold the outside setting was. Loved the blooper at 5.56. I sometimes stumble over 'subscribe' too. Great video, as usual, Doc. Very informative!!!

When I reversed my diabetes with a whole food plant based lifestyle and my A1C was 5.3, my doctor insisted it was the medicine that did it and refused to let me drop it. So I dropped her instead! 10 years later and I'm healthier than ever.

How many problems blamed on diabetes are actually side effects of medication?

In April 2021 I started a keto diet. I was 68, weighed 15 stone, my blood sugar was 9.6 and my cholesterol was high. I was on metformin. For 8 months I followed the diet. Two weeks into the diet I began experiencing bladder problems. For 18 months I had sometimes unbearable pain and could not leave the house. My GP gave me antibiotics that had no effect at all. Over that period I had ten lots of antibiotics that had no effect. I stayed on the diet for 8 months. I lost two stone in weight, my blood sugars came down to one point above normal and astonishingly my cholesterol came down to normal which, as the diet includes eating fatty meat, cooking in butter, not eating anything that is low fat or fat free, turned on its head all that I had been taught about healthy eating. Still the bladder symptoms continued until I decided to stop taking the metformin for two days. By the end of the second day all the bladder problems had disappeared and my GP agreed to take me off it. I have been off the diet for two years. I am still losing weight and my cholesterol has come down further.

Do you know when to stop Metformin? Do you know what your GFR is?

I have taken metformin 13 years no problems

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Thank you for explaining the circumstances in which metformin should be stopped. Nice video

I stopped metformin due to side effects better reduce food and best to lower sugar is walking & exercise

I can only imagine how difficult it is to keep track of all the contraindications!! Thanks for breaking it down.

Mobility is the best answer... Less side effects,no time for depression, care more for those who suffer more

Hi...I commented on a previous video regarding the acoustics of your mic. Obviously that was my first of your videos and hadn't realized you are in different acoustic settings. Like this video is perfect! Thanks

The doctor told me to reduce metformin 50 percent today because I have my sugar under control and have lost 2 stone in weight since my last test

This was so informative!

Yes! Thanks God I found you 🙏🏽 I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and I need as much info I can get to survive this disease😩.

Thanks for the useful information about diabetes and the complications arising out of the disease

Of all the videos, this is so far the best in providing information about laymen diabetic like me.

Love how you present and make think about Your body- it is your responsibility! Will share with the friend who has diabetes!

I had to stopped Metformin after experiencing gastrointestinal challenges and negative mood changes.

Such an important informative video! Thank you for sharing!

Very clear and informative - much needed information!

Metformin causes lactic acidosis and deficiency in Vitamin B12 and causes the body to suffer. Metformin causes you to lose weight and look aged. Your friends will notice the change in look and physique and question whether you are diabetic. I am very grateful to a female pharmacist who whispered to me that if I exercised and stayed away from sugar, I can throw the 3 month supply of metformin that I was holding in my hand into the dustbin and I did exactly that on 10 July 2010. I have been a diabetic for 26 yrs now and exercise daily. I stay away from the sugars sucrose and fructose. You can live without fruits and vegetables. The only vegetable that I consume is the herb celery which gets rid of heavy metals in the body. The fructose in fruits affect your mitochondria and causes inflammation in the body. I am virile and healthy at age 76 yrs. A diabetic must consume soaked fenugreek seeds (one tablespoon for 24 hrs) to be virile and healthy. Please do not touch any diabetic medicine. Exercise and avoiding sugar, MSG. caffeine, A1 cows milk, vegetable and seed oils is the key. Gluten free A2 cows milk and goats milk can be consumed.

I was recently hospitalized with lactic acidosis. Spent 4 days there trying to get it under control. No more Metformin for me !!!

Dear doctor, very informative for all non medical persons. Thanks

Thankyu so much I have stop taking the Metformin it causes side effects I felt like vomiting etc.

INTERESTED DOCTOR. I HAD TO SUBSCRIBED . BCUZ AM ON METFORMIN AND! FOR CHOLESTEROL. THANK YOU !

I had a afib stroke in July 2020, and the cardiologist put a pacemaker implanted permanently for monitoring the afib and see if the Eliqusis is helping, I’m taking Eliqusis twice per day, Bystolic in the am, Jamumet at the dinner time,Lipitor at bedtime, the cardiologist might put me back on digoxin as well as vitamins C,D3,K2,CoQ10 in the am, Omega 3-6-9, fish oil, and I also take moringa oil,capsules 7ral times per day, helps with the bowels,maybe kidney function

Dr. I'm using golder m 1 500 mg plz tell me about any other medicine I am very poor person Dr.

I had Metaformin for two years ,but I had stomach issues I got tired of it I threw it away and started taking 100% olive oil. I am also taking ASTAXANTHIN daily.

Lot of information Thank you for it and the way you presented it was great!

Thank you for this valuable information

I have type 2 diabetes and the carnivore diet has been amazing. No sugars and no other complications.

I took Metformin for about 6 years. I became weak as far as my muscles are concerned. I realized this when my balance and my strength grew weaker. I am a motorcycle rider and my bike felt to heavy for me all of a sudden. I never dropped my bike but I layed it down 3 times. No damage done because I layed it down and refused to drop it. Now I hear that metformin caused this. My Suger count is fine . My question is will my strength ever come back? If it doesn't , I am about to sue the industry for what it has done to me. I stopped taking metformin 6 yrs ago and I'm still having strength problems. I really need to know if I will gain my strength back. This has caused me to stop many things I loved to do. I need some replys.

Wonderful explanation ❤

Thank you to give us advice to avoid metformin to treat blood sugar I am going to stop to used is very dangerous medication.

Direct and to the point.

been on metformin for one year three months 750 mg the other 9 months 1500 mg no side effects.

Sir.your.good.suggestion.for.diabetic.patients.the.metformin.drug.thanq.sir.

Great Video ... I was close to Type 2 in 2016 so I had to get control of my weight... which I managed to do tough but necessary Thanks for the share

Wow, I've never knew about this myself, and this video was so helpful

Woah! I had no idea about this! Thanks so much for sharing these contraindications! Always good to know!!

I am taking metformin regularly. What is the alternative to maintain blood sugar levels

My previous blood sugar level is at 285 last two weeks, and now is down at 166. Will I stop taking my metformin? Will go back to my doctor on first week next month for my check up.

DR. KINDLY GIVE INFORMATION OF diabetic on Insulin

Sir would you please elaborate when should a diabetic start taking insulin?kindly tell me.i ll be waiting for your kind reply.im from pakistan.i thank u.

Doctor Sahab Pranam thanks for sharing this insightful and valuable video on Metformin.

Thanks for this valuable information

I am on metforman but I don’t have any of the health issues you listed I have asked my pharmacist and my doctor whether I should be taking this because I understood it to be recalled have you heard that it has been recalled?

It is interesting that this doctor does not advise patient to be on a low sugar diet.

My husband is facing tingling in his hand due to diebetes. What to do

THANK YOU sir

Thanks doctor. Very useful information.

My mum is 78 She is taking metformin total 2000 mg/day Recently she has been having heartburn,bloating & leg weakness We want to stop metformin but a bit scared to stop and don’t really want her to start another medication. She lost 9 kg.she is 49 kg Fasting glucose between 120 to 150 eating low carb lots of vegetables,no sugar

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Does diabetis damage nerves to the head as well???

I have tried Metformin twice when doctors prescribed it and both times I was convinced I was going to die. It felt as if the chest was about to explode.

What is alternative for metformin.

Thanku. For. Sharing. This information

V nice video.my Dr today stopped coz of my kidney problem.

Thanks for your analysis about metformin. 🙏🙏🙏 I am diabitic since 20 years. Iam taking diapride M-1;500 mg tablets 1-0-1 daily my present blood sugar level is 90-120 before food & 135- 180 mg after food please guide me.

How about temporarily stopping metformin before a contrasted CT scan. I am surprised that you did NOT mention that.

very imformative video lecture! thanks doc.

Thank you Sir.

it's the dioreah that makes me ill with metformin, it seems i am unable to digest lentils, vegetables like cauliflower, peas, sprouts, onion and garlic, I am living on bland food and watching my carbohydrate intake

6.5 AIG no meds, water, 2 meals a day.........Eat well......... no drive through junk food... discipline is key.............

Thanks!!

Grfs is 100 my HDL is low boundary level my triglyceride is normal. My an1c is 8. Daily blood sugar in the morning is until 140.

In March 2024, I was diagnosed as diabetic 6.8. I was prescribed with Metformin 500mg. Is it alright to reduce taking 1 tablet a day or none? I was told to take 1 in the morning and 1 in the evening.

Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing!

Have been taking metformin for more than 20 years with other medicines. I use to take janumet 1000/ 50 mg Twice a day. Now i take Jardiance and and mounjaro 7.5 since last 4 months my aic is better 6 5 from 9.5. I take metformin 1000 mg twice a day. Si if I stop suddenly. What will happen to me amd my sugar will spike higher . Please advise Dr.what is a replacement for metformin

Thank U. I look forward to more infor n participaten in disc

Very good information Dr thanks

Thanks for good advice

You are a good man and a great Doctor. I wish you were my Dr.

What is the best medicine for a diabetic person.

Important video, but if you suggested what would be the best alternative it would be helpful.

Very informative and insightful! I always learn new things every time I watch your videos. Keep it up!

Thanks, again and again

Metformin and Jardiance I am taking for decades safest for diabetes

Excellent advice 👌🏾

Which is alternative medicine All ways use metformin tab

What is the alternative for Metformin ?

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So what medicine is alternative to metformin tab?

Please tell replacement thanks

This video is a great help like a mirror for the patients who suffer from kidney diseases.Let me pay my thanks n shower my blessings on u.

Can I slowly wean off? Or just stop? My ankles started swelling and was wheezing more.

Some persons without sugar propbem also meet the complications shown in this video. What reason is going to be told by this fellow.

Really like this guy he is very informative I’m a fireman for 20 years and he is on point

Best advice substitute medicines ayurvedic medicines name please?

Thank you sir.

My dad is diabetic and on dialysis and it makes me wonder if he was given metformin before he went on dialysis.

Thank you Dr. for your work I would like to know do we have to advice patients to take vitamin b12 as pharmacists? And what lifestyle modification they have to change Like drinking a lot of water can it help in case of lactic acidosis ?

Extremely useful,plz make a video on udiliv 300 too

hi doc thanx for the info

Please add 2 more situations 1. Prior to contrast radiological studies 2. Before any major surgery

Which tablet can i use in place of metformin . Please let me know.. is vogli ok.?