PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for September, 2002: Re: College student needs help with Glucophage XR side effects.

Re: College student needs help with Glucophage XR side effects.

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 7 Sep 2002 11:48:20 -0500 (CDT)

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Dear Mary,

when your daughter starts metformin again she should start at a very low dose. 1/2 or even 1/4 tablet only once a day. When the side effects from that dose are ok then, and only then should she building up to a slightly higher dose. Ie. 1/2 or 1/4 tablet twice a day..... it doesn't matter how long it takes to increase the dose.

Also, when she is taking metformin it is really best that she follows a lower ccarb diet. So the meal she takes the met with she should just have protein and some veges (though not potato or corn). Also, some women find that taking the met at different times of the meal ie before, middle, after makes a difference. So she would need to experiment.

Hope this helps

Sally

At Fri, 6 Sep 2002, mary wrote: >
>My 18 year daughter has PCOS. She was first on metformin, but after
>seeing an endocronoligist, she was then switched to glucophage xr. After
>4 weeks, she continued to have the side effects of spending too much
>time in the restroom. She had both nausea and diarrhea. Food simply
>could not be cooked in the house anymore because the nausea was just too
>much for her. We then went back to the endo. and he suggested she take
>a break from the meds (1000 mgs) per day because she needed to go to
>college and be able to attend class. Please, we need advice on how to
>cope with the nausea, etc. because she only gets a 6 week break and
>then she will need to go back on the medicine. She is going to a
>nutritionalist who is helping her with a proper eating plan because she
>also has high cholesterol. She was also going to start to take
>accutane, but the endo. said no because she needed a break from all
>meds. We are desperate and need help.
>Thanks, Mary

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