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Re: MetforminFrom: e_pisces (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 10 Oct 2002 19:45:45 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Megan wrote: > >Has anyone else experienced horrible side effects to Metformin. I >started it about a month ago, 2 pills a day for two weeks and then 3 >pills after that. I have been getting severe hot flashes, I literally >have to strip down and take a cold bath to cool off. And I have been >nuerotic, completly crazy, small tasks seem overwhelming and small >things set me off the deep end and don't get me started on an actual >problem. And aren't you suppoed to be able to loose weight on it? I >havent. My doctor has since dropped my dosage back down to just 2 a day >but wants to eventually bring me back up to a higher dose. has anyone >else experienced this? I have only recently been diagnosed and don't >want to try to start a family yet, so my doctor said metformin was >pretty much all I could take. Actually, I have had really bad side-effects, I've been on it since June. But I built mine up over time - i.e. 1 pill per day for one week, then two pills a day, then three. So maybe you're feeling symptoms worse because the drugs were not gradually increased?
-- e-pisces
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