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Doc says take Metaformin

Muneraven
Muneraven
My doctor called today and suggested that I take Metaformin because my leptin levels are off. Metaformin is a diabetic drug and I am not diabetic or even pre-diabetic (knock on wood). Does anyone else take this? Did it make any difference? I'm a little nervous about messing with it, but I like my doctor and believe she really is trying to help me feel better.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Never took it. It sounds interesting. Here is a link I found.Are your levels low, or high?

http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/endocrine/bodyweight/leptin.html
Muneraven
Muneraven
LOL I can't remember if they were low or high! Isn't that just typical of someone with fibro! But my partner says she thinks the levels were high and that metformin is supposed to restore sensitivity to Leptin so that levels go down.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I take Metformin for my Diabetes. There are 2 different kinds, 1 is extended release which I do really well on. The other was horrible and sent my blood sugar levels into a wild, up and down swing that was so hard on my body that it took me months to recover. I was so dizzy that I couldn't even walk down the hall.

My regular doc put me on the one that felt like it was going to kill me. I went and saw an Endricrionlogist and she got me on the right track.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I too take Metformin for diabetes. It hasn't done anything for my FM though. Never heard of that.
deleted_user
deleted_user
hi , this drug is for diabetics my x was one and took this drug and and it does and have any thing to do with fm but with control the leptin levels so no need to be nervous youll be just fine all though it is a horse sized pill. i wish u the best.