Metformin for weight loss

[Anonymous]

Metformin helped me lose the first ten pounds. Then weightloss stalled (I do work out, track, etc). It didn't hurt.

Then I went to GLP compound

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Chime in here if you have taken Metformin for weight loss. Noom Med, required now by Carefirst, told me I didn't qualify for a GLP 1 until I was on metformin for 180 days. My labs are just below (5.6)
the "prediabetic" range.

Going on metformin with 5.6 (I assume) A1C seems odd, since it is designed to lower your glucose/A1C levels. Is there no concern about LOW blood sugar if you start metformin?

Have you tried anything else to lose weight - diet and exercise/lifestyle changes? - or is this the first step? How much weight do you need to lose?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dropped so much weight on Metformin alone. I had a bit of intestinal discomfort in the beginning, but it went away. I'm down 30lbs with no other change.

You did not gain back any of the weight you lost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just say you are having bad GI side effects and that it didn't work for you. No need to actually take it.

how about the person tries the medicine as suggested and see how it goes. why go straight to lying?

[Anonymous]

I have a very good A1C levels (like 5.2, sometimes lower), but have insulin resistance with fasting glucose levels in the high 90s. I had gained 10 pounds, and with metformin I lost it with no effort.

I take 1g at the beginning of dinner and have no side effects.

I asked my endocrinologist and she said there’s no concern of too low glucose levels on metformin.