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Can you tell me if i could take medicine (metformin) with a breakfast smoothie instead of something solid for breakfast?

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Balance meal.: Try to eat a good breakfast, a plain smoothie may be fine,but, you need to know the sugar content,a long acting carbohydrate is better.

Answered 5/22/2014

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Dr. Walter Futterweit answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Solid: A solid breakfast is necessary and metformin must be taken middle of meal.

Answered 7/12/2014

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Eat breakfast.: Breakfast is an important meal, and should not be replaced by a smoothie or other meal replacement. If you're strapped for time, you can do it on rare occasion, but not as a typical breakfast. Eat healthy solid breakfast foods.

Answered 12/10/2015

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