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<blockquote data-quote="dnfuss" data-source="post: 137610" data-attributes="member: 15487"><p>Berberine is not something to fool around with. It does seem to work to some degree, but it may do so by <a href="http://diabetesupdate.blogspot.com/2013/08/berberine-works-but-may-very-well-be.html" target="_blank">affecting your liver in potentially dangerous ways</a>. It has not undergone the rigorous testing process to which all FDA-approved prescription drugs are subjected, much less evaluated for adverse side effects after years of prescribed use (see, e.g., sulfonylurea drugs (increased likelihood of heart attack), the incretin drugs (can damage the pancreas), and Avandia and Actos (can cause severe osteoporosis)). The near-unanimous view of responsible clinicians, which I share, is that berberine currently should not be prescribed for the treatment of diabetes or pre-diabetes.</p><p></p><p>To achieve truly normal blood sugars, metformin needs to be combined with a low-carbohydrate diet, which is the primary foundation of any prescription to normalize serum glucose. Attempting to do so without it is not likely to yield the desired result.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dnfuss, post: 137610, member: 15487"] Berberine is not something to fool around with. It does seem to work to some degree, but it may do so by [URL='http://diabetesupdate.blogspot.com/2013/08/berberine-works-but-may-very-well-be.html']affecting your liver in potentially dangerous ways[/URL]. It has not undergone the rigorous testing process to which all FDA-approved prescription drugs are subjected, much less evaluated for adverse side effects after years of prescribed use (see, e.g., sulfonylurea drugs (increased likelihood of heart attack), the incretin drugs (can damage the pancreas), and Avandia and Actos (can cause severe osteoporosis)). The near-unanimous view of responsible clinicians, which I share, is that berberine currently should not be prescribed for the treatment of diabetes or pre-diabetes. To achieve truly normal blood sugars, metformin needs to be combined with a low-carbohydrate diet, which is the primary foundation of any prescription to normalize serum glucose. Attempting to do so without it is not likely to yield the desired result. [/QUOTE]
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