Why Hasn't The Metformin Recall Been In The News More?

lookslikesausage · Jun 14, 2020

FDA Updates and Press Announcements on NDMA in Metformin

www.fda.gov

Metformin Side Effects: Common and Severe

Metformin can cause side effects in some people. Learn about its mild and serious side effects, as well as factors that can increase your risk.

www.healthline.com

Seems like this could be a big deal for many people, considering how regularly Metformin is prescribed. Most folks i know, including myself and family, use a very cheap generic. Five companies have been named by the FDA already? I've been wondering how many more there are. A friend of mine recommended I take part in a test that a company in CT is providing for free here in the States. I'm not affiliated with them, nor is it my intention to plug them. So i submitted two pills for the study and lo and behold, my Metformin came back testing above the acceptable limit for NDMA. They tested thousands apparently. My doc friend told me to toss it after i got the results. I can live without it. I use it usually once a day or with a carb heavy meal. I'm a fairly healthy and fit person and have a decent A1C. My family member on the other hand needs it.

So i'm wondering, what else is there to this story? I'm a believer but is there more? Is this political/money? The company who did the study's CEO went before the Senate last week at the US Senate Finance Committee's hearing on the FDA's foreign drug manufacturing inspections & process.

LK3 · Jun 14, 2020

eeehhhh cough cough faux-vid19.....

for sure there is a mountain of fucked up shit going on around the world that no one seems to talk about.

we all know how much govts care about health bro, so chill out, im sure its just a mistake. not like drug companies influence govt or anything...

lookslikesausage · Jun 15, 2020

LK3 said:
eeehhhh cough cough faux-vid19.....

for sure there is a mountain of fucked up shit going on around the world that no one seems to talk about.

we all know how much govts care about health bro, so chill out, im sure its just a mistake. not like drug companies influence govt or anything...

yeah i get that. i'm more worried for family though being that they have no choice but to take it and in most pharmacies, they are not carrying a bunch of different brands of Metformin. So i'm kind of wondering is this some kind of scare tactic or this legit just another thing to stress over. The company who makes the Metformin i buy was not on the list of five companies flagged but it still tested positive for having over an acceptable limit of NDMA. When talking about folks in older age it becomes a little more serious IMO. Or am i overreacting?