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

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:15:17 +0100

<madeline808@aol.com (Maddy)> 2002.02.17. 22:52:40 -6h-kor írta: Come on Maddy,

If you have GI side-effects, then the substance is absorbed. It is only the outer shell you find 9-12 h later in stool. Regular metformin is even worse as for side-effects. For your info

Sam

> 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
>

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