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A member asked:

Why fasting sugar varies from 78 to 130 everyday , i am on metformin , what is the value i need to maintain .plz advise?

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

These are good: Numbers and show the metformin to be working.Get a glycohemaglobin test, after your 3 rd month of metformin , to get a more complete assessment of your blood sugar overall average and whether you r on the proper dose of medicine.

Answered 1/27/2014

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