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<blockquote data-quote="mcs" data-source="post: 242056" data-attributes="member: 12"><p><strong>Urgent: Does anyone know if Metformin discontinuation can cause rebound hyperglycemia?</strong></p><p></p><p>I am not diabetic but since July, had been taking Metformin for anti-aging, cardiovascular and many of its other benefits, however, because it was tanking my testosterone levels to all-time lows (see my post upthread and <a href="https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/metformin-lowers-testosterone.24188/#post-240317" target="_blank">here</a>) , I decided to stop it.</p><p></p><p>Now, after a couple days, my glucose readings have spiked up 20 or so points over my usual readings. Is it common in pts. to experience a type of *rebound hyperglycemic effect when stopping it cold turkey? If so, is it transient?</p><p></p><p>Could it be that it actually causes stores of glucose in the liver to remain high - Metformin reduces the ability of the liver to release glucose - so an elevation in morning levels is to be expected as your liver is released from the restraint and needs to dump the excess once Metformin is stopped abruptly.</p><p></p><p>I had posted before complaining that Metformin was doing nothing to affect my blood sugar levels. This effect proves that was wrong.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps taper slowly off is better?</p><p></p><p>*glucose levels higher than before taking the drug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mcs, post: 242056, member: 12"] [B]Urgent: Does anyone know if Metformin discontinuation can cause rebound hyperglycemia?[/B] I am not diabetic but since July, had been taking Metformin for anti-aging, cardiovascular and many of its other benefits, however, because it was tanking my testosterone levels to all-time lows (see my post upthread and [URL='https://www.excelmale.com/forum/threads/metformin-lowers-testosterone.24188/#post-240317']here[/URL]) , I decided to stop it. Now, after a couple days, my glucose readings have spiked up 20 or so points over my usual readings. Is it common in pts. to experience a type of *rebound hyperglycemic effect when stopping it cold turkey? If so, is it transient? Could it be that it actually causes stores of glucose in the liver to remain high - Metformin reduces the ability of the liver to release glucose - so an elevation in morning levels is to be expected as your liver is released from the restraint and needs to dump the excess once Metformin is stopped abruptly. I had posted before complaining that Metformin was doing nothing to affect my blood sugar levels. This effect proves that was wrong. Perhaps taper slowly off is better? *glucose levels higher than before taking the drug [/QUOTE]
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