My glucose level are on the high side (6.5, 5.2, 6.1 mmol/l at -1, 1, and 4 weeks of TX respectively). Hence, I suspect I'm insulin resistent. I'm genotype 1 and have also HIV. At 4 weeks I only had a 0.23 log drop in VL. I may well be a non-responder, and perhaps it is related to a possible IR.
In November 2008 the results of a double blind test was published, where IR geno 1 HCV where treated with additional Metformin to suppress the IR. It worked, but mainly for women and fat people. However, I'm neither.
http://www.natap.org/2008/AASLD/AASLD_41.htm
Nevertheless, I'm wondering, would taking something like Metformin perhaps slow down my liver fibrosis? I want to wait for the new meds to arrive in two years time, but perhaps the increasing fibrosis will catch up with me. I hope that if I turn out to be IR, suppressing it will give some relief in this respect.