PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for October, 2002: Re: Dealing with Metformin side effects..

Re: Dealing with Metformin side effects..

From: Monika (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 27 Oct 2002 19:24:31 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Tara wrote: >
>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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Try slippery elm to help with diarrhea. You can get it from most health food stores and some larger supermarkets. It comes in both as a powder (mix in a smoothie) or tablets.

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