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Hello, it has been years since I posted here, I remain thankful for good advice. I have lost a lot of weight and I think I am now over medicated. I am a 75 year old white male, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 11 years ago. For the past few years I have been taking 2-500mg metformin extended release plus 1/2 of a 25mg jardiance daily, as well as 100mg losartan for hypertension.
From my fattest and heaviest I have lost about 75 pounds (34 kg) and now weigh about 159 pounds (72 kg). I am 5' 10" tall (178 cm). Statistically recommended weight 176 (80 kg). Latest HbA1c was 5.6, latest fasting bg was 103. I have cut way back on bread, rice and potatoes for years now. Plus at my age senior portions are plenty.
Recently I started feeling tired, crashing about noon following meds after breakfast. I measured blood pressure and systolic was sometimes under 100, so I cut the losartan in half to approx 50mg. That seems to help.
However I still feel lousy especially mid-day, stomach discomfort, malaise, nothing I can really put my finger on. I may have a mild long covid, I had a mild case in January 4 months ago.
I am thinking to cut the metformin in half, just take 1 - 500 mg tablet daily, and see what happens. I am living in central Mexico and plan to be back in the US in a couple months and have a doctor visit then. There are great doctors here but they have my records in the states.
Any experience with cutting metformin? Thanks, Mike
From my fattest and heaviest I have lost about 75 pounds (34 kg) and now weigh about 159 pounds (72 kg). I am 5' 10" tall (178 cm). Statistically recommended weight 176 (80 kg). Latest HbA1c was 5.6, latest fasting bg was 103. I have cut way back on bread, rice and potatoes for years now. Plus at my age senior portions are plenty.
Recently I started feeling tired, crashing about noon following meds after breakfast. I measured blood pressure and systolic was sometimes under 100, so I cut the losartan in half to approx 50mg. That seems to help.
However I still feel lousy especially mid-day, stomach discomfort, malaise, nothing I can really put my finger on. I may have a mild long covid, I had a mild case in January 4 months ago.
I am thinking to cut the metformin in half, just take 1 - 500 mg tablet daily, and see what happens. I am living in central Mexico and plan to be back in the US in a couple months and have a doctor visit then. There are great doctors here but they have my records in the states.
Any experience with cutting metformin? Thanks, Mike