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Re: Glucophage Side Effects taking toll
From: claire (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 15:18:55 -0600 (CST)
At Sat, 6 Apr 2002, CN wrote:
>I can sympathise totally with you abput the side effects of metformin, but something I learned from this site has helped me tremendously, as soon as you start to get the GI pain, take an Alkaseltzer, the pain and GI upset disappears almost immediately. Please dont give up on the meds, met works so well
good luck to you
claire
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>Hello to everyone here,
>First of all, I think this is a wonderful site. I am thrilled to have
>found it. My Doctor's Assistant had misinformed me of some things
>having to do with the disease. I was able to clear much of it up by
>visiting the PCOS site. I have been diagnosed with this for four months
>now. My doctor has put me on the glucophage at a dose of 1500 mg per
>day. It helped within the first month to regulate my cycles, and I
>began to lose a little weight. However, the GI upset has increasingly
>gotten worse instead of better. I feel absolutely miserable most of the
>time I take it. I have so much trouble with it that I have a difficult
>time even going out of the house. I stopped for about two weeks by
>accident( simply forgot. I felt so much better. Then I remembered and
>took two doses. My stomach got so upset while out shopping that I have
>stopped taking it altogether. It has been about three weeks and I have
>felt about a hundred times better. My problem is that after stopping,
>all the good things the glucophage has done have also stopped. Since I
>want to have children very soon, I must become regulated and lose some
>weight for health reasons. I want to find some way to take this
>medication without all the discomfort. I cannot stay at home all the
>time just so that I don't worry about getting sick in public. That
>wouldn't be a very fulfilling life. I would truly appreciate any help
>that anyone can give on how to take care of these problems and still
>take this very helpful medications. Thank you to everyone
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