PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for February, 2002: Re: Glucophage XR==GI side effects....help!!

Re: Glucophage XR==GI side effects....help!!

From: tera (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:42:41 -0600 (CST)

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Hi!

I have not tried the XR but I have not had a problem with the regular pills coming out and I have not heard of this problem with the regular pills from others. What Sally said in a post today is true. The GI side effects are supposed to go away with time. You may want to take it with food if you aren't already doing so. I have read some ladies say that high carbs make their nausea and loose stools worse. So maybe you could cut back on carbs to see if it helps. God bless! Tera

At Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Maddy wrote: >
>Hi there--
>I'm 25 and just started on Glucophage XR. I have been taking 500 mg.
>for about a week, and I am having pretty awful GI upset....diarrhea etc.
>Also, i saw someone else with this problem, the capsules themselves
>sometimes come out, but like nine to twelve hours later!!! Someone
>replied that the medication itself is absorbed, but how can that be? I
>actually checked one of the undigested capsules and there was a white
>substance inside. Does anyone think regular Glucophage is easier to
>digest, etc. than the Glucophage XR? I have been taking it with my
>dinner....so I don' tknow what to do about the stomach upset and how
>long to stick it out. I want to get up to 1500 mg.
>
>Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. I really do want to
>stay on it..i was on Avandia but developed some serious edema.
>
>Thanks so much.
>
>--
>maddy
>

--
Tera

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