I just got a call from my doctors nurse to give me results of lab work taken yesterday. My A1C was 6.7 and my cholestral and other blood test were fine. My kidney functions was not normal and the doctor told me to stop taking my metformin and any other anti inflammatory drugs that I might take from over the counter. What concerns me is what will my blood sugars do without metformin and how concern should I be with my kidney dysfunction.
Dear patient. Greetings from Chat Doctor !!!  I am Chat Doctor and shall be answering your question. I can very well understand your concerns about sugar levels in view of an impaired renal function. Diabetes is a metabolic disease wherein bodies insulin secretion and or action are impaired. After 10 to 20 years of uncontrolled diabetes the kidney glomeruli get damaged. This eventually leads to renal failure. This condition is called as Diabetic Nephropathy. Many Chat Doctor.  Hence these 