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Re: Day 2 of Met... side effects! Help! From: Brianne (anonymous@obgyn.net) Fri, 4 Apr 2003 16:10:19 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: mark: "Re: PCOS-MEDICATION digest 1144" Previous message: Livvie: "Re: Day 2 of Met... side effects! Help!" In reply to: ann: "Day 2 of Met... side effects! Help!" I, too, am on Metformin/Glucophage. My OB/GYN put me on 500mg for 2-3 weeks, then 1000mg for 2-3 weeks, and now I am on 1500mg. Stepping it up slowly is the key. Wait until your body stabilizes before stepping it up for your symptoms will get increasingly worse. After about a week with 500mg and 1000mg my symptoms subsided. Although 1500mg by body still is reacting and I have been on it for 4 months! In my opinion each of us has a threshold. The peak time of the effects of Metformin is 2-4 hours after taking the pill. I can almost set my clock that 3 hours after taking the pill I need to be near a bathroom. I have noticed though that the greasier the food the worse the symptoms (although that may be just in my head!). At Fri, 4 Apr 2003, ann wrote: > >I took my first pill (500mg) at 11 last night (with a late dinner). >Today at about 2pm I started with the nausea and diarrhea. I'm afraid >to leave the house! I am supposed to move up to 1000mg daily after one >week. Are the side effects supposed to taper off by then? Will I likely >have side effects at the same time every day, or is it directly related >to what I eat? I just want to know how long I must suffer through this. >TIA! > >-- >ann > Next message: mark: "Re: PCOS-MEDICATION digest 1144" Previous message: Livvie: "Re: Day 2 of Met... side effects! Help!" In reply to: ann: "Day 2 of Met... side effects! Help!"

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