Timing is everything for many things in life — including when to take medication like metformin, sold under the brand names Glucophage, Fortamet, Riomet, and Glumetza.
So, when’s the best time to take metformin? Well, there’s no magic time, but you should take metformin at the same time each day and with food to avoid gastrointestinal side effects. If you’re taking extended-release metformin tablets, take them with your evening meal.
Read on for more details on the best time of day to take metformin and how to take it
Having high blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is a potentially dangerous situation—especially if your blood sugar levels are elevated for extended periods of time and are left untreated. Blood sugar, or blood glucose, that isn’t well-managed can lead to complications like vision loss and heart disease and can even negatively affect your energy and mood.
Diabetes-turned-weight loss drug Mounjaro helped patients shed pounds nearly twice as fast as its ultra-popular counterpart Ozempic, according to a study released Monday.
The extensive study of more than 18,000 overweight or obese people found that those taking once-weekly injections of Eli Lilly’s Mounjaro were able to melt off 15.2% of their weight — compared to 7.9% for those on Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic.
A decrease in blood sugar levels can affect not only individuals with diabetes. If you go without food, skip meals, particularly breakfast, you run the risk of your blood sugar dropping at least once during the day. People who often want to lose weight have problems with hypoglycemia precisely for the previously mentioned reasons.
“Our findings hint at the protective effects of habitual tea drinking on blood sugar management via increased glucose excretion in urine, improved insulin resistance and thus better control of blood sugar. These benefits were most pronounced among daily dark tea drinkers,” Wu explained.
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Age is just one factor that can impact glucose levels. Young children, teens, adults, and senior citizens may have different blood sugar goals. This chart details the clinical guidelines for various age groups.