The popular preparation "Glucophage" was developed fordiabetics, but it is used by healthy people as a means to lose weight. Tens of millions of people around the world suffer from obesity. The level of sugar in the blood and impaired insulin resistance lead to diabetes mellitus. "Nerves", improper diet, sleep mode - all this affects a person not in the best way. Diabetes and excess weight are always interrelated.
Normal functioning of the human bodyIt is impossible without the three nutrients - proteins, fats and carbohydrates, which we receive daily with food. Regular shortage or excess of any of them adversely affects health. Diabetes mellitus is a serious disease that occurs due to a violation of carbohydrate metabolism. As a result, the pancreas suffers, and the production of the hormone insulin, which in turn transforms sugar into glucose, is impaired due to it.
Сахар скапливается в огромных количествах в крови and then excreted in the urine. In parallel with this process, the body’s water-salt balance is disturbed. All of its domino effect systems become unusable. The kidneys, vessels, liver, cardiovascular system suffer, irreversible visual disturbances occur. Today, it is impossible to cure diabetes mellitus - it is a diagnosis for the rest of your life.
To maintain the blood sugar of people with diabetes, special medications were invented:
We are interested in a class of drugs that blockcarbohydrate absorption. “Glucophage”, “Siofor”, “Metformin” - all these drugs belong to the class of carbohydrate blockers. There are dozens of names of these drugs, the principle of action is one. The most popular and affordable of them - "Glucophage". Reviews about it flooded Runet. Allegedly, these pills will help to find harmony and thinness to any person without much difficulty.
Last two decades hysteria aroundpainful thinness passed all reasonable limits. Women and men are ready to drink any capsules mindlessly, to follow any diet, just to get rid of even the most minimal fat layer! In the struggle for thinness, people began to take drugs that were not originally invented for this:
Как уже стало ясно внимательному читателю, "Glucophage" refers to the class of carbohydrate blockers. In medical terms, this oral hypoglycemic drug refers to biguanides. Now it has become fashionable to use "Glyukofazh" for weight loss. Reviews are full of enthusiastic phrases about a slim figure and photos "before" and "after." Few people think about the consequences of taking.
Available in white tablets.large size, dosage of 500, 750, 850 and 1000 mg. How many grams can an individual's body take, can only be decided by the attending physician (endocrinologist, therapist, nutritionist). You can’t give yourself a course and choose the dosage in no case!
Young girls most often use "Glyukofazh"500 for weight loss. Testimonials are mostly not very bright: many of them took diarrhea, darkened urine, and felt unwell. And the sworn kilograms didn't go away.
Also among the "Internet-losing weight" is very popularnot the usual "Glucophage", but his colleague with the prefix in the name "Long". In English, "long" means "long." It is on sale in the dosage of 500, 750, 1000 mg. For an unprepared and insulin-resistant body, these are huge dosages!
In addition, this drug has stretched intime action (and therefore the prefix "long" in the title). All contraindications to receiving "Glucophage Long" 750 in the instructions. Reviews of people losing weight about taking this medicine are mostly negative: some have once and for all messed up their metabolism, throwing off only 5-6 kilograms. With endocrinology, jokes are bad!
What is so terrible taking this medication for an unexamined person who has a vague idea of their own health?
The first and greatest danger is unreasonable.admission can once and for all disrupt metabolic processes. The human body is a delicate instrument. At the beginning of the article, we did not in vain sharpen the reader’s attention to the fact that diabetes is a lifelong diagnosis. Sick people are forced to live with him to the end, each year receiving new complications. “Glucophage” is a matter of survival for such people.
And many women, after reading the phrase "carbohydrate blocker" and reading reviews of the "Glucophage" (the instruction does not interest them, as a rule, completely), run to the pharmacy for a magic pill.
Side effects that occur in a person with normal carbohydrate metabolism and an acceptable level of sugar (up to 5.5 mmol):
In diabetics, everything happens quite differently. First, they are prescribed to start the most minimal dosage of Glucophage or its analogs in order to track the reaction of the body.
Be sure to do every day on the courseself-test blood sugar measurement using special test strips. It is necessary to pierce the pad of the finger with a special needle (available in the kit) and drip blood onto the test strip. Once a week it is advisable to do an analysis of glucose tolerance. If the indicators do not decrease, one drug should be canceled and the other should be started. Because sometimes it happens that the result of treatment is simply not there.
If a patient suffers from the following diseases, the use of Glucophage and similar medications for it are strictly prohibited:
To stabilize the level of glucose in the blood, it is necessary to take daily from 1500 mg to 2000 mg of active ingredient, which is equivalent to one and a half to two tablets of Glucophage 1000 (instructions for use).
Отзывы больных диабетом людей в основном positive: at a dosage of 2000 mg, the sugar level stabilizes. The patient begins to feel better. Overweight (typical of patients with type 2 diabetes) slowly begins to leave. The reason for losing weight in such patients is not the effect of metformin, but the gradual establishment of a more or less healthy metabolism.
The maximum possible daily dosage forhealthy men weighing 90 kg - 5000 mg. For a woman weighing 75 kg - 4000 mg. With the increase of this amount of metformin per day, serious side effects are possible, one of them is a falling into a hypoglycemic coma.
Reviews on the use of "Glyukofazh" different:someone was able to achieve normal weight and lose weight, and someone got only side effects and violated the metabolism. If you really want to try the pills, you should carefully read the consequences of their thoughtless intake.
We already realized that drugs based on metformin- serious and dangerous, with many contraindications and nuances of admission. So why are reviews about losing weight on the Glyukofazhe so common? Why do women besiege pharmacies in an attempt to purchase this medicine without a prescription, does your own health become indifferent against the background of the possibility of becoming a little slimmer?
First, some girls still have a bit of it.common sense and start taking with minimal doses. Some in an attempt to extract only 100 mg, cut the tablet "Glucophage". Testimonials from such cautious people are mostly positive: they lose weight on pills very slowly and constantly listen to themselves. At the slightest pain and discomfort, the reception immediately stops. Due to the low dosages it is possible to achieve a minimum assimilation of carbohydrates. It turns out to achieve a smooth, gradual, safe weight loss. It is advisable, even with the use of tiny dosages of 100–200 mg, to monitor the indicators of blood sugar (to be analyzed at least once a week).
Reviews and instructions for use on "Glyukofazh"750 is not advised to apply such a high dosage. Or, cut the tablet into three parts and take, respectively, one by one at breakfast, lunch and dinner.
A variety of the drug with a longerperiod of validity. For example, you took a pill and ate bread, pasta, cookies (or any other carbohydrates) for five hours. And for five hours "Glyukofazh Long" acts, nothing from this food will be absorbed by the body. This is the difference in action with ordinary tablets "Glucophage."
Some pharmacists, seeing that the buyer is notversed in the topic of drugs, aggressively impose their opinions. They argue that for weight loss manufacturer advises in the instructions for use "Glucofage." Responses of ordinary people do not differ categorically: both drugs affect the weight loss. But the side effects of the usual "Glucophage" and "Glucophage Long" are the same.
With minimal dosages, tracking yourconditions and regular blood donation for sugar can gradually lose weight on medications for diabetics. With an initial degree of obesity, a person will lose about 1.5-2 kilograms per week. If there is a lot of excess weight, then the number of weights will be more.
Reviews Glyukofazhe people with a third degreeObesity is positive. The weight leaves gradually, the bio-impedance analyzer shows a decrease in visceral fat. Parallel to the dropped pounds comes good health and vigor.
Doctors are categorical:Diabetic drugs should not be used without permission. Without prior medical examination and recommendations, you can break the carbohydrate metabolism once and for all. You can’t just come to the pharmacy, buy and start taking Glucophage. Reviews of ordinary people are full of descriptions of side effects - constant diarrhea, weakness, migraine. And some have managed not only not to lose those extra pounds, but also to collect a couple.
The most dangerous option is taking Glucophage 1000 tablets a day. 1000. Even those who are ready for anything in the struggle for low weight do not recommend such huge dosages.
By the way, many people, having reached the doctor, were convincedthat the reason for their overweight is high sugar. So they are potential chronic diabetics. Having learned this, they, along with their treating endocrinologist, selected a drug for weight loss. Such intelligent people are more likely to put their figure in order.
Показан при ожирении и сахарном диабете второго type and "Glyukofazh" 750 (that is, one tablet contains 750 mg of metformin). Instructions for use and reviews about it are ambiguous: it is better to prefer lower dosages. So you insure yourself against possible side effects and complications.
Reviews for "Glyukofazh" 500 for weight loss are the most positive: this is the optimal dosage for beginners. The first week of reception is better to divide the pill into two parts, and take 250 mg twice a day.
Any sane endocrinologist explains to the patient that a complete rejection of carbohydrates is unacceptable! Therefore, it is important to adhere to some rules of nutrition:
These diagnoses are interchangeable. That is, if the patient is suffering from obesity, then it is very likely to assume that he has diabetes.
In people with a BMI (body mass index) above 35 in the bloodthere is usually an increased concentration of insulin. This so-called insulin resistance is the reduced sensitivity of cells to the effects of the hormone insulin. You can normalize the metabolism in such a situation with the help of proper nutrition (it will take at least a year), or you can resort to using the Glucofage 1000 product. Instructions and reviews do not recommend using large dosages of the drug without consulting a doctor.
Diabetes is of the first and second type (independing on insulin resistance). People suffering from diseases of the first type, have a tendency to painful thinness, they have an accelerated metabolism. But the second type of diabetes, on the contrary, slows down the metabolism and contributes to the process of accumulation of fat.
Athletes in bodybuilding were among the first to becomeuse hypoglycemic drugs for other purposes. During the competitive season, many of them inject themselves insulin in order to get rid of the fat layer in the shortest possible time. At the same time, power indicators not only do not suffer, but also grow. With the same purpose (fast fat loss) bodybuilders take "Siofor", "Glucophage". Instructions and reviews about losing weight on these drugs are different, they are united only by one thing - all people somehow had hormonal failure.
На здоровье такой подход сказывается крайне negatively. No medals and sporting results are worth metabolic disorders. Few people know that after a period of "drying" athletes for months restore their hormonal system.
The pharmacological market offers many antidiabetic drugs. They have one operating principle - an obstacle to the absorption of carbohydrates.
The difference in these drugs is only in the amountactive ingredient (metformin) and manufacturing company. Hence, different price categories: foreign medicines are always more expensive than similar domestic ones.
