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Re: To Sue Re: alcohol warning
From: Cathy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:01:22 -0500 (CDT)
I had the nausea and headaches the first few days too....but they have
subsided. I now only seem to have diahrea problem...I don't know how
much of that is the Met..or the fact that I had my gallbladder removed
several years ago and had this problems anyway. I do seem to have lots
of gas....hopefully that will dissappear. I am feeling better. I can't
tell you exactly how I feel better......just that I do. Hope your Dr.
gives you some good information today........bye....Cathy
At Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Monica wrote:
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>Hi, Cathy,
>It's nice to hear from someone who's just starting MET, too. When I
>upped from 500mg after three days to 1000 mg I got very naseaus
>(spelling) for almost two days and had a terrible headache. I decided
>to go back down to 500mg yesterday because I couldn't take it anymore.
>(I have 3 small children and an unsupportive husband). I'll going to
>call my doc today. As a side note, when he prescribed the MET he never
>said anything about drinking alcohol, neither did the pharmacist for
>that matter. The doc said my chances of gettin lactic acidosis was one
>in a million. But now I'm wondering, too, if I should be more
>concerned. Good luck! :) Monica
>
>At Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Cathy wrote:
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>>I'm a little worried about this lactic acidosis now myself after reading
>>the post. I was started on 1000 mgs for 1 week, then up to 1500 mg for
>>a week, now in 2 days I'm suppose to go up to 2000 mg. My family
>>physician is the person that diagosed my PCOS after hearing my
>>complaints of facial and body hair, obesity, lack of periods, etc....all
>>those good old PCOS symptoms. Then she ran a gasting glucose and
>>insuline and the nurse call me a few days later and said my insuline was
>>high, a sure sign of PCOS. I wished I had asked how high now. I have a
>>appointment with a endocrinologist my doctor recommended Aug. 17... but
>>I'm worried about upping my glucaphage as RXed. My only problems so far
>>as been fast trips to the toitty...and a excessive amount of gas. The
>>occasional nausea has finally subsided for the most part.......but do
>>you think it will start again when I up the glucaphage? What ya'all
>>think
>>At Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Monica wrote:
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>>>At Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Sue wrote:
>>>>Hi, Sue,
>>>It sounds like you had a rough time. SO sorry to hear you got sick. I
>>>am curious, how long were you on the 1500mg? Was it because you upped
>>>the dose to 2000mg that you developed lactic acidosis or would you have
>>>developed it eventually on the 1500mg dosage? Does anyone know? Sue,
>>>what were your initial symptoms of lactic acidosis? I've just started
>>>the MET last week - 3 days of 500 mg 1x a day, now i'm on 500mg 2x a day
>>>for 14 days, then i'm to increase to 850mg 2x a day for a couple of
>>>months until I get blood work done again. I'm a bit scared of this
>>>stuff. Never won the lottery but with my luck I'll get this terrible
>>>thing! LOL! I hope you're feeling better soon. :)Monica
>>
>>--
>>Cathy
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Cathy
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