metformin

[Buddy1950]

cnn.com/2020/10/09/health/f...

[Shooter1]

If it isn't one thing, it's another.

[LearnAll]

This particular brand has a "contaminant" which is "probable" carcinogen....May be true.

But this is CNN..King of fake news franchise.

I would like you to to continue your Metformin..if you are taking it. Just change the brand.

There is ample evidence now that Metformin slows down growth of prostate cancer cells.

[sammittman]

It's not the regular metformin that has the cancer causing ingredient. It's the long release one that has it.

[OldFart81 in reply to sammittman]

You are right...and it is an important difference!

[kayak212 in reply to OldFart81]

I have been taking Metformin Ext Release for the last year .After receiving the recall notice from CVS i took it to my family doc and he switched me to the immediate release or whatever they call it Metformin. I didnt want to stop the Ex Rel but this was an easy solution.

[OldFart81 in reply to kayak212]

Right! You have a good doc.

Years ago, I had a great doc (now retired and moved away somewhere) who gave me Rx for 6 Metformin pills of 500 mg and wrote the order as: one at breakfast, two each at lunch and dinner, and one with an evening snack. (In those days 3,000 mg was max, today it's only 2,500.)

But the great secret was that he told me not to follow that dosage! "Judge for yourself using common sense," he said. If, for example, my lunch was going to be only a small salad with only a light dressing, cut the 1,000 lunch dosage down to 500. If I am going to skip breakfast today, don't take the 500 at breakfast time. And, take all Metformin about 20 minutes before eating.

I've done that for years now. You'd have no way to do that with Extended Release.

[addicted2cycling in reply to OldFart81]

Regular Metformin 850mg at breakfast and 850mg at dinner. Limit all sugar and carb intake, can't see what taking more would help in doing unless also have a diabetes issue.

[kayak212 in reply to addicted2cycling]

I take Metformin because i do actually have Type 2 Diabetes,but i only need two 500MG doses per day. I always take one after breakfast but the other i usually take late at night, not around dinner time. Maybe i should change that timing? I have no idea.

[OldFart81 in reply to kayak212]

Only 1,000 per day is remarkably good. But I have no idea how much Metformin is advisable to help fighting PCa.

[addicted2cycling in reply to OldFart81]

Thinking I read somewhere a long time ago that Dr. Snuffy Myers felt depending on aggressiveness 1500mg to 2500mg/day BUT MY MEMMORY is not one to trust. ;0)

[addicted2cycling in reply to kayak212]

My thinking (NOTE -- VERY WELL COULD BE TOTALLY WRONG) after reading up on how it works (NO INFORMATION asked for from or volunteered by doctors and possible inaccurate understanding of literature) was that prior to consuming foods the pill allows action in digestive system to begin the blocking process of breaking down carbs into glucose and the continued path of adding to blood and the rest of body parts -- from webmd. >>> "... Glucose mainly comes from foods rich in carbohydrates, like bread, potatoes, and fruit. As you eat, food travels down your esophagus into your stomach. There, acids and enzymes break it down into tiny pieces. During that process, glucose is released.

................It goes into your intestines where it's absorbed. From there, it passes into your bloodstream. Once in the blood, insulin helps glucose get to your cells..."

NOTE #2-- I have found that taking Metformin has reduced the availability of glucose for muscle utilization during exercise THUS COMPREMIZING my endurance and speed when bicycling and when I used to 5K to Marathon compete. It became apparent when my stools began floating (sorry maybe TMI) due to inefficient digestion and lousy odor. I had the GRAND SLAM whammy due to Gleason10 PCa, removal of half a thyroid, orchiectomy and the Metformin.

NOTE #3 -- MayoClinic on web has lots of Metformin info including when to take.

Good LUCK!!

[kayak212 in reply to addicted2cycling]

Thanks. I will check the Mayo website . also ask my doctor re when to take. ..

[OldFart81 in reply to addicted2cycling]

Yes, good guess...I'm also a diabetic.