The issue is that a lot of doctors prescribe proton pump inhibitors to offset the gastro effects of metformin, and by doing so, also offset the beneficial effects as well as causing other problems with blood sugar. Yes, metformin works, although the newer class of drugs for insulin resistance, such as Januvia, work much better. However none of them work very well if you also take PPIs such as Nexium, Prilosec or Prevacid. And Plavix, which is supposedly necessary after heart surgery or stenting, is almost totally rendered useless by PPIs.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Metformin is very beneficial to diabetics...I have been taking metformin for > a very long time...probably since I was diagnosed in 2000. I get the > gastrointestinal side effects and had to stop taking it at one point because > the runs got so bad. Since I now also take vicoden, that counteracts that > so I was put back on metformin. Metformin is very beneficial in encouraging > the glucose metabolic process and makes insulin, both natural and injected, > more efficie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349367 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
