Susie -- Re: muscle soreness in legs -- off Glucophage -- insulin levels normal...
From: Terry (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 04:59:25 -0500 (CDT)
Susie,
Thanks for your info. I had been off the Glucophage for five dyas when
my insulin levels were drawn. As far as the potassium, I was told to
stay away from it because I'm also on aldactone which is potassium
sparing, I believe. Regarding the lactic acidosis thing -- I don't
think I had that yet, but instead had the warning signals. Plus, when I
went off the Glucophage the leg pain went away. So...it makes me think
it was the Gluc. I have been adding a little potassium to my diet.
Thanks agian,
Terry
At Wed, 13 Jun 2001, SusieQ wrote:
>
>Hi Terry,
>
>I have a question for you: how do you know you had lactic acidosis?
>Lactic acidosis is a life threatening and immediate emergency...you
>could need dialysis if it lasted more than a few days.
>
>What about potassium? Metformin inhibits the absorbtion of food and
>nutrients, so having low potassium could have been causing your leg
>pain. I also get the same horrible cramps if I don't eat plenty of
>potassium rich foods (there are also potassium supplements). Did your
>doc mention this to you?
>
>You were on a fairly low dose of met. Were the normal insulin levels
>recorded when you were on the met, or off? It may have been working for
>your insulin, just causing some malabsorbtion. This is just mvvho, I
>hope you find an answer that will help you.
>
>luck and love, SusieQ
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>A few questions: has anyone had to go off Glucophage (I was on 500mg
>>2x/day for 2.5 years) due to the muscle soreness caused by the
>>supposedly rare lactic acid build up? And then had normal insulin
>>levels? And if you were put on another medicaiton what did you go on?
>>It's a relief to longer have the excruciating leg pain, but I'm
>>wondering if my insulin levels will stay down and if they do, does that
>>mean I no longer have PCOS?
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