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c/t2dglp1·submitted 1 year ago by u/osman_ferrari

metformin — 5 things I got wrong before I got it right

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Quick one. Canada here. CGM works very differently where I live than in the threads that dominate the front page, and I keep seeing people confidently given advice that simply does not apply outside the US. Specifics: the route I used took 20 weeks and cost roughly what I expected. The admin was worse than the cost.…

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u/runa_grimaldi107 points·1 year ago

This is correct. Hypo risk is real.

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u/marisol_moreau74 points·1 year ago

Ireland here. Waited 23 months on a list, gave up, went private, and the total cost was roughly what I expected.

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u/neha_falk39 points·1 year ago

post A1c with units and assay date

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u/kian_verhoeven32 points·1 year ago

Edit to your parent would help — the concentration you quoted assumes one scenario and you have written another above it.

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u/kasper_cabrera86 points·1 year ago

glycaemic control first, that is the original indication

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u/tired_ledger_notes19 points·1 year ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/joaquin_stanescu57 points·1 year ago

glycaemic control first, that is the original indication

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u/joaquin_stanescu48 points·1 year ago

the weight-loss conversation drowns out glycaemic control sometimes

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[deleted]19 points·1 year ago

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u/kasper_cabrera26 points·1 year ago

Disagree but this is the good kind of wrong — it is specific enough to be checked.

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Type 2 diabetes as the original indication: A1c trajectories, CGM traces, hypoglycaemia risk when stacked with sulfonylureas or insulin, metformin combinations, and why the weight-loss conversation sometimes drowns out the glycaemic one.

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