Re: No sickness with Metformin
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 31 May 2003 20:55:35 -0500 (CDT)
I did not get sick with metformin until I reached 2000 mg. I was happy
not to have any symptoms before, now I am miserable with discomfort.
At Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Cyrilla wrote:
>
>I started met on May 31st. With my doctor's okay, I started with just 500mg
>a day at dinner. After four days, I went ahead and added 500mg with
>breakfast, so far so good. I have had the slightest twinges of discomfort,
>but so little that it was no big deal, and only maybe three times total. No
>"runs" (excuse me), gas, or any other thing I had expected. I think I'll
>add the other 500mg on wednesday.
>
>I had that same feeling "is it working since I can't feel anything?". I
>guess time will tell. If I have a period in the next several weeks, that
>will be a good indication that it is working. I see my doctor again in
>three months, and I assume he'll be doing blood work, so that will really
>confirm if it's doing any good.
>
>Should I be concerned with or monitering low blood sugar in connection with
>taking this medication? (I am not diabetic).
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ann <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
><pcos-medication@forum.obgyn.net>
>Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:37 AM
>Subject: No sickness with Metformin
>
>> I'm having the opposite problem with Metformin - I don't have any of the
>> symptoms. I suppose I should count my lucky stars but I'm afraid it's
>> not working! I started about a week and a half ago at 500mg and have
>> been on 1000mg for the last week. In a couple of days I'll switch to
>> 1500mg. Did anyone else have this? Does it take awhile for the symptoms
>> to kick in? I haven't seen any weight loss but was told it takes a
>> couple of weeks before the metformin starts working.
>>
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