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Re: HOW TO PREVENT MET SIDE EFFECTS?From: Ruth (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 21 Jun 2000 22:24:36 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Linda wrote: > >I took Met for two months and then quit because of the gastro side >effects. My dr will not prescribe any of the other drugs so I am going >to give Met a try again. I will be slowly increasing my dosage (as I >did the last time) starting with 1 pill a day for one week than two and >so on . What I am looking for is any tricks that you may have used? >Does taking vitamins help? What else do you recommend? I really need to >be able to tolerage Met. > >Thanks for sharing. HI - I am on Met and starting slowly helps a lot. I tried the 1/2 pill per day increase that that really helped. My endorcrinologist gave me some great advice - don't take met with milk or dairy products (at the same time). It makes the diarrhea worse. Cooked oatmeal works to prevent the diarrhea, but provide fiber to move things along nicely. This helped me since in the past the only recourse was to take over the counter diarrhea medication which took me to the other extreme. Hope this helps. Ruth ;-)
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