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Re: Dealing with Metformin side effects..
From: Alexis (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 Mar 2000 23:12:10 -0500
What about metformin for weight loss associated with PCOS? And words out there
regarding this subject? Has the metformin helped anyone shed pounds? Thanks!
Anon wrote:
> I do not have all the answers to this, but I will tell you what I've
> learned. [Warning: This gets a bit graphic.]
>
> My endo insisted I start gradually on the Met because it makes the body
> nauseous and diarrhetic. However, he said most people, men and women,
> seem to adjust to the medication after a couple of weeks. I started out
> taking one 500 mg per diem and then upped the dosage to two 500 mg per
> diem after a week. I take the tablets, one iwth lunch and one with
> dinner. I've been doing this for ten months. Some ladies with PCOS are
> taking more Met than I am. I do not know how the doctors determine what
> dosage to prescribe.
>
> At first, the nauseousness was strong, but I did not vomit. I found the
> gas pains were bad at first, too. I had to be close to the bathroom in
> order to make a run for it at times. Sorry for the graphic details, but
> if I had been at work, it would have been embarrassing, for sure! The
> bathroom really needed sprayed when I was done, too. This all seems to
> be under control in about a week. The second week was so much easier.
>
> Now I don't feel the nauseousness or the gas pains. I do, on occasion,
> have to hurry to the bathroom, but this is usually after a meal with
> beans or a rich sauce or gravy. I have terrible flatulence if I eat too
> many carbs, too. Occasionally still, the bathroom needs fumigated when
> I am done. For me, this has been the worst side-effect of the
> Metformin. While it can be embarrassing, the Met is expected to help me
> enough in the long run to warrant putting up with this.
>
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