Mtformin Tab.

[arunalshi]

My diabetes was under control for quite a long time(may be 8/10 years with HbA1c-in the range of 6.5 7.2).But all of a sudden with no specific reason I had severe pancreatic attack which increased my Blood Ameylese level to 1100 against normal range of 70 or 80. My doctor stopped Metformin and prescribed Glymiperide instead.

Want to know whether Metformin cause Pancreatic attack

[pnglr]

I searched internet and found that there is risk of 'acute pancreatitis' with long term use of metformin..

Link - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

Your HbA1c levels of 6.5 to 7.2 means it is not in control..

You can improve your HbA1c levels to non-diabetic range (<5.6) with no medicines (and ofcourse no side effects like this) by switching to LCHF diet..

[arunalshi in reply to pnglr]

Thank you very much for your advise.I am 70 and having severe diabetic effects like I had bye pass,gallbladder removal,frozen shoulder,peripheral artery disease etc.My reason of saying diabetes i control because number of times I had severe hypo problem upto 40.Thats why my doctor is suggesting to avoid hypo by maintaining Hba1c to 6.5 to 7.

[pnglr in reply to arunalshi]

With high carb diet + medicines this will only happen.. Either too much sugar or too low sugar.. With LCHF diet there is no need to worry about hypo at all.. I also heard that people with no gall bladder also can go with LCHF.. Please try it for few months and see the benefits... All the best...

[akkikavu in reply to pnglr]

what is LCHF Diet can you please explain