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Re: Metformin and Weight Loss
From: Ruth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 19 Dec 2000 23:13:27 -0600 (CST)
Hello-
My experience with Met - don't take with milk. It makes the diaherra
(sp?) much worse. Eating high fiber stuff (like Oatmeal) helped a lot.
I think it absorbed the excess water. I started at 1/2 500mg pill and
took it until no side effects then moved up 1/2 a pill at a time until
1500mg a day. This worked a lot better than the last time when I
started on it too fast.
Good luck! Ruth ;-)
At Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Mary wrote:
>
>Hi I am about to start gluc. myself. I know there will be stomach
>sickies as you mentioned and its diff for everyone. but just out of
>curiosity, how long did it last for you? and how bad would you say it
>was?
>
>also, did you do 500/day for a week, then 1000/day next week and then
>1500/day the next? i have read that is the easiest plan...
>
>thnks!
>
>>Hi! I have been taking glucophage (metformin) 500mg 3x's daily for 8wks.
>>I have lost a little over 10 lbs without even trying!!! The meds make me
>>spend an awful lot of time in the bathroom, but the weight has come off
>>effortlessly.(NEVER in my life has this happened) Sometimes, I even have
>>to FORCE myself to eat a bite of something just so I can take the
>>pill(as opposed to being hungry all the time). EVERYONE at work, all my
>>family and friends just go on about my weight loss....So I figure, this
>>helps me to lose weight & have regular periods (there were nonexistent
>>before)-- I can at least look good if I'm can't get pregnant!! My RE
>>just upped my dosage to 850mg 3x's a day b/c my insulin levels weren't
>>low enough yet to start taking clomid too...So, all in all, I would
>>recommend taking met.--but beware of the stomach sickies!! (I hope one
>>day it will all be worth all this hassle!) Good luck!
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