Multiple myeloma

[Ms. Toad]

43. One thing to be cautious of in diabetes literature (the bulk of the metformin literature)

is that neither the medical profession nor the medical societies that cater to diabetes trust diabetics to manage their illness. So be skeptical of the source when reviewing literature.

I've decided it is (at worst) harmless - and may be helpful even though it has no impact on my diabetes - so I take it.

But - my doctor is currently pushing statins - which are not harmless - because of the high rate at which diabetics die of heart attacks. When I dive into the research to look for refined risk evaluations, I fall into a category for which the risks of statins are higher than the risk of a heart attack. Even medical societies that cater to diabetes suggest having your blood glucose drop to below 140 2 hours after eating, when a person without diabetes virtually never goes above 140 in the first place (a goal which is achievable, at least in the early stages, for most diabetics just by car restriction.

So make sure you are looking at the research itself, not the recommendations drawn from research, because the vast majority of recommendations treat diabetics as children unable to control themselves, so we must medicate them to counter their self-destructive behavior.