I have found the same thing. I take 2 doses of Metformin in the morning, one when I wake up and one around 10 am. If I miss that second dose I see a huge spike in bgs at lunch time. I take the last dose right before bed. So with me it definitely works.
Hi jwags,
The strange thing is that when I was developing severe diabetes with very high numbers for a couple of months, they diabetic hospital team tried to treat me with Metformin alone -- which lowered the numbers oh so slowly, and I was put on the tread mill of walking everyday and starving. They eventually had to add the Glubutride which together made a remarkable difference. However, unlike some disputes about it, I think the Metformin has remarkable adantages:
- appetite suppressant
- lowering of blood pressure
- lowering of cholesterol
- cardiac protection
- and a good adjunct with the very powerful gluc-like drugs which would otherwise have to be increased in dose immediately.