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What happens if a non-diabetic adult takes metformin every day for anti-aging purposes?

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Weight the benefits : Should weight the benefit of taking it, and the proofs, even if it is minimal side effect?

Answered 6/13/2021

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I take 1500mg of Metformin ER/day to help with PCOS (not diabetes) - 500mg in the am, 1000mg in the pm. I cant remember if I took my pm dose today. Is it safe to take a second dose if I did already take it, meaning 2500mg today?

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In the morning I like fat free yogurt, small oranges, and every other day cheerios. My doctor has me on Metformin to keep me from being a diabetic. I have stopped bread and pasta and I hope this helps from loosing my weight. I don.t gain I just stay at

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I recently started taking janumet (sitagliptin and metformin) for diabetes and I have had ridiculous heartburn and diarrhea. My doctor advised me to take it once a day with food.

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I need an endocrinologist. I have prednisone induced diabetes. I'm 56, 5'1 and weigh 113. I can't eat hardly any carbs without skyrocketing my bs. I'm on metformin 2 tabs a day.When I take more it makes me sick/ diarrhea. My fasting bs is 250 to 347?

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What happens if I take metformin tablets 500mg accidentally. I'm a non diabetic person. What I should do? I didn't did this earlier this is first time?

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