Can a non-diabetic stop taking Metformin for a few days?
I have PCOS and took Metformin in college because I could work my schedule around taking the medicine; I stopped taking it when I graduated and got a job for the same reason you do not want to take it now. I recently asked my doctor to go back on it and she told me no (in my case because I’m on a number of other medicines so she’s worried about a potential interaction), but the fact that my doctor will not give it to me makes it seem likely that it’s being off it is okay in some circumstances even if it has been prescribed for you in the past. Obviously I am not a doctor and have no medical knowledge beyond empirical patient evidence, but I’ve definitely gone on and off it several times and I didn’t seem to have any trouble beyond the usual intestinal complaints.
