PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for August, 2001: Re: Anyone WITHOUT side effects on Glucophage?

Re: Anyone WITHOUT side effects on Glucophage?

From: Zowie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:58:51 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Alison, Just to put in some points on the other side of this story, while I was on Met, I got the diarrhea and nausea after taking the very first pill. I was so sick that I practically lived in the bathroom. This, again, was after my first pill--and it only took a short while for it to kick in. I don't know about this vitamin B6 deal, because my Dr. never mentioned it to me at all, but if you're going to try it, try it with this vitamin (don't know if you can get it OTC or not though), and see what happens. My complications with Met lasted nearly 2 full months---and with several episodes a day for every day, I ended up in ER and had to be taken off it. The bottom line is, not everyone responds the same way. The first responder says she's never had a problem with Met---then again, you have to consider that she's only taking 500 mg a day--once a day. That's a pretty low dosage of Met to be on continuously. You can try that route for a bit, but if your symptoms continue, even with the B6, I would stop taking it. It took my body about 2 weeks to start getting off the symtpoms of the Met after I stopped taking it completely. You may want to consider that too, if you do decide to stop taking it so you can enjoy your trip. Personally, if it were me, considering the symtpoms, I wouldn't start taking it till after your trip. But that's just me and knowing how my body reacts to medications. I have a very sensitive body, and yours may not be so wimpy. lol Take into consideration what you know about the Met and it's side effects and think of how your body reacts to medications and make your own decision. Everyone is different, so there really is no "rule of thumb" on this one. I hope you enjoy your trip and pray that you won't find the side effects to the Met as terrible as I did.

At Thu, 2 Aug 2001, consciousblaksista wrote: >
>Alison,
>
>If you want to take the glucophage and you're afraid of the nausea, try
>taking vitamin b6 with it. My doctor suggested it to me today. She said
>that is usually what she prescribes for morning sickness and it helps. I'm
>going to try it myself. I know that glucophage works...the first time I
>took it I got my period in 3 weeks, and it came every 29 days like
>clockwork. Also if you take the medicine while on your camping trip...start
>with 1 pill once per day for a week then go up to 1 pill twice per day and
>you really shouldn't have any problems. One more thing, don't overdo the
>carbs and absolutly no alcohol, and you should be fine.
>
>Yvonne
>

>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alison" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 10:16 AM
>Subject: Anyone WITHOUT side effects on Glucophage?
>
>> Hi, everyone.
>>
>> I was just diagnosed with PCOS in the last few weeks and it's been
>> crushing, to say the least. Most of all, it's been hard for me to deal
>> with the fact that I may not be able to have babies when I want to start
>> a family. Reading your stories and advice has been very helpful to me.
>>
>> My doctor just prescribed 500mg of Glucophage 2x a day this week, and I
>> was planning to start taking it--except that I am leaving on a two week
>> vacation (camping, nonetheless!)tomorrow morning and I am considerably
>> worried about possible side effects. As you can imagine, nausea and
>> other side effects would pretty much make my camping trip miserable. Has
>> anyone been on glucophage and *not* experienced headaches, tummy aches,
>> diarrhea, etc??
>>
>> I have a feeling my doctor won't be too happy when I go in in 3 weeks
>> and tell him I didn't start the medication until the 12th, but
>> honestly,.. it's not a life threatening condition and I will not let
>> this medication ruin my trip.
>>
>> Thanks again for your input!
>>

--
Good luck! -- Zowie :)

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