I asked a while ago but never really understood so I'm back at it.
Is the reason you are told to limit alcohol with Glucophage (metaphormin) really that your sugar might drop too low because wine lowers the blood sugar?
2007-02-28 06:46:17 · 10 answers · asked by Q&A Queen 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Diabetes
Wow! You guys are all so smart. :-)
The reason I ask is that I do enjoy wine but avoid it. Don't avoid much else unfortunately :-( I'm asking now tho cuz I plan, God willing, to take a trip to Paris and I refuse to go there and not drink wine. I think it's illegal or something. I might get arrested.
2007-02-28 11:11:56 · update #1
No, that's not quite it..
Metformin works to enhance the body's use of insulin.. allowing it to take sugar out of the blood, and returning it to a normal level. Alcohol actually increases the effectiveness of metformin, so it's like taking extra pills. Not good, because metformin starts working overtime, REALLY enhancing the insulin uptake, and dropping the blood sugar too much.
And for other answers.. wine has virtually no sugar in it, it's all turned to alcohol (atkins anyone? - I dont recomment that by the way). Also, the drop in blood sugar after alcohol consumption only happens for people with tendencies for hypoglycemia, not a worry for anyone on metformin.
2007-02-28 06:52:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the problem is that when you drink alcohol it goes through the liver and while this is going on you liver doesn't process anything else including sugar. So your liver won't release any sugar and that is sort of how you go low. Also glucophage works with the liver (building a wall not letting any extra sugar out) so there is no safe amount of alcohol that you could have while you take this drug.
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2007-02-28 06:53:39 · answer #4 · answered by elisayn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes any alcohol will lower your blood sugar as it will intially raise your sugar up but then it will drop severely as it turns to glucose.
2007-02-28 06:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Alcohol in all forms briefly elevates your blood sugar, then causes it to fall suddenly. No alcohol is safe, especially on your medication.
2007-02-28 06:49:50 · answer #6 · answered by diannegoodwin@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no, it raises your blood sugar like all alcohol. It is a carb, so treat it like u were having a piece of cake.
2007-02-28 11:15:59 · answer #7 · answered by jigglypuff 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, it has sugar in it. Alcohol=Sugar
2007-02-28 06:49:05 · answer #8 · answered by RodneyRowland 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes it does. I do not know how, but it does.
2007-02-28 06:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by Laura H 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it does.
2007-02-28 06:48:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋