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Re: Metformin and hypoglycemia
From: Bells (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Mar 2003 01:48:38 -0600 (CST)
Full blown Diabetics do take Met as well, in fact that is who it was
mainly designed for! May be it simply a dosage adjustment required -
either up or down. The only other thing which occurs to me: is it only
after certain meals, or certain types of meals? Are you following a
Glycaemic index diet? If you are having a High G.I meal, you BSL with go
really high, your insulin levels will follow, and then with the combo of
the insulin sensitizer, illness could follow. I know I get those
reactions a lot - when I first went on Met I was bitterly disappointed
because I thought it was supposed to FIX all of those things.. but then
I realised it was my diet. So whenever I am bad or slack diet -wise, I
get the symptoms you mentioned.
But the blood tests will show whats happening.
Good Luck!
At Mon, 3 Mar 2003, anonymous wrote:
>
>I have been on Metformin for 3 years - and until recently, it has been a
>Godsend for me. Luckily, I'm not trying to get pregnant - conceived
>twins after 2+ years of fertility treatments over 9 years ago. The
>Metformin helped dramatically with the side effects like weight gain and
>also brought my testos. levels back in check. However, I've started to
>gain weight for no really good reason and am constantly tired - plus
>I've started having episodes of what my doctor thinks are hypoglycemic
>reactions. I get very shaky, nauseaous, sweaty, confused and drowsy
>until I get some type of sugar in me then I start to feel better. This
>has happened about 6 times over recent months, most recently last week.
>I took my morning dose of Metformin (1000 mg) in the morning as usual
>and within 1 hour felt horrible - a bad episode this time.
>
>I drank some apple juice and ate a muffin - but it took almost an hour
>before I started feeling 90% - and then the weakness and drowsiness just
>wouldn't go away entirely. Has anyone who has been on Metformin for
>awhile experienced hypoglycemic reactions? Has anyone with PCOS ever
>been diagosed with an Insulinoma - a cancer of the islet cell(s) of the
>Pancreas? My glucose has always been normal when checked (has not been
>checked during a hypoglycemic 'attack' yet) but my insulin has always
>been elevated prior to Metformin - my doctor is running a battery of
>tests from my episode last week to determine what may be going on, but
>in the meantime I'm truly scared that perhaps I have developed Type II
>diabetes or an Insulinoma (that while rare, seems to be exactly the
>symptoms I have been experiencing). HELP!
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Thanks,
Bells in Sydney, Australia
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