AcadianFury

I have a question, when would be the best time to take my 3 times daily of metformin. As of now I take breakfast, lunch and supper. Should I take one of them before bedtime ?

Thanks in advance

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Shanny

If you need to take it with food, then you're kinda restricted to mealtime. I take 1000mg twice a day (2000mg total); as soon as I get up & just before I go to bed. Sometimes with food, sometimes not - I seem to have a castiron stomach. If you don't get gastric upset taking it on an empty stomach, I think you could tinker with the timing & see what gives you the lowest readings. Just don't skip doses . . . once it gets built up to full functioning, you need to keep it running at top levels.

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ThoseBackPages

when i was taking metformin, i was told to take it in the evening

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SWM/41/NY
DxT2: 1/26/2010: 6'2" 268lbs. A1C 7.8, FBG 266
A1C: 1/2010: 7.8 ; 6/2010: 4.7 ; 9/2010: 5.1 ; 12/2010: 5.2 ; 4/2011: 5.3 ; 9/2011: 5.3

Completely Off Medication December, 2010.

9/2011 Lab Work Results (4/2011 in parenthesis)
A1C: 5.3 (5.3)
Cholesterol: HDL 134 (133) LDL: 53 (53)
Triglycerides: 29 (30)
Current Weight: I've stopped checking In an attempt to gain weight.

I am sometimes too "harsh". I feel that sometimes one must be "harsh" to get the point across.

AcadianFury

Thanks guys

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breezeonby

My doctor increased my metformin 500 ER. He has on the instructions to take it at the same time in the evening? I don't understand the increases on Metformin ER? Why take all the Met at one time?

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Breezeonby {Female}
Medications: Metformin ER, Lantus, Novolog
Zofran for Gastroparesis
Gabapentin-Neuropathy
Zocor 40MG, Fish Oil 4000MG
A1C/5.2% April 14, 2010
A1C/5.5% June 1, 2010
A1C/5.2% October 6, 2010
A1C/5.0% February 7, 2011

jwags

I also take metform 3 times a day. I started out at meal times and it wasn't working that good. I started experimenting with different times. Someone on another formum mentioned they take theirs right before bed. So I started and it did make a difference. My bgs tend to be highest between 7 am - noon. So I take one right when I wake up, then another around 10:30 and the last one before bed. Taking those 2 doses in the morning help avoid the spikes I was getting before lunch. Metformin tends to build up in your system and my doctor told me it made no difference when I took it but I did find it lowered my bgs when I took it before I normally got spikes.

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diagnosed Feb 2007
metformin-2550
low carb organic diet
3 T of Coconut Oil daily
moderate exercise- mostly walking 3-5 miles, tennis - 4 hours per week, weight training, hiking on weekends and vacations 7-10 miles

HbA1c 5.3 3/11
HbA1c 6.1 5/12

Age 61