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Re: Dealing with Metformin side effects..From: Tara (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 22 Oct 2002 13:58:44 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Alexis wrote: > >What about metformin for weight loss associated with PCOS? And words out there >regarding this subject? Has the metformin helped anyone shed pounds? Thanks! > >Anon wrote: > >> I do not have all the answers to this, but I will tell you what I've >> learned. [Warning: This gets a bit graphic.] >> >> My endo insisted I start gradually on the Met because it makes the body >> nauseous and diarrhetic. However, he said most people, men and women, >> seem to adjust to the medication after a couple of weeks. I started out >> taking one 500 mg per diem and then upped the dosage to two 500 mg per >> diem after a week. I take the tablets, one iwth lunch and one with >> dinner. I've been doing this for ten months. Some ladies with PCOS are >> taking more Met than I am. I do not know how the doctors determine what >> dosage to prescribe. >> >> At first, the nauseousness was strong, but I did not vomit. I found the >> gas pains were bad at first, too. I had to be close to the bathroom in >> order to make a run for it at times. Sorry for the graphic details, but >> if I had been at work, it would have been embarrassing, for sure! The >> bathroom really needed sprayed when I was done, too. This all seems to >> be under control in about a week. The second week was so much easier. >> >> Now I don't feel the nauseousness or the gas pains. I do, on occasion, >> have to hurry to the bathroom, but this is usually after a meal with >> beans or a rich sauce or gravy. I have terrible flatulence if I eat too >> many carbs, too. Occasionally still, the bathroom needs fumigated when >> I am done. For me, this has been the worst side-effect of the >> Metformin. While it can be embarrassing, the Met is expected to help me >> enough in the long run to warrant putting up with this. >>
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