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Re: HELP !!! newly diagnosed and metaformin problems already.
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:13:44 -0500 (CDT)
I have been on this medication for 6 weeks now - I experienced severe
diarrhea and upset stomach for the first 3 weeks or so - and also loss
of appetite (the ONLY thing that sounded good to me at all was M&M's!)
so I played with my dosage a little, then started taking the medication
later, as I found I don't eat enough for breakfast to prevent me from
getting sick. I now take 1/2 of a 1000 mg pill at lunch, the other 1/2
at about 4pm, and the last 1000 mg whole pill at bedtime and I feel much
better. I think a lot depends on how much you eat and when you do it.
Jen
At Mon, 01 Jul 2002, Jennifer wrote:
>
>Well, my DR told me that after 2 weeks of taking it and if you are sick
>from it, to stop it. So you are telling me that my DR is hurting me
>because he took me off Metformin and didn't put me on another drug? The
>point of my post was to say that if you are sick after a week OR so and
>you dear ole DR is on vacation, you are gonna keep taking the meds and
>be sick until he comes back? I don't think so. Of course when I say
>SICK, I mean SICK and not a little running to the bathroom and nausea.
>To me SICK is barfing and extreme stomach upset and migraine
>headahes.... I also said A WEEK OR SO....not a week, but no less than a
>week. Since nobody here is qualified to handout anything but opinions,
>yours is really no better than mine. And remember, I was SICK (see
>definition above) for 5 weeks and I was only describing my experience so
>that she wouldn't have to suffer that long for no reason.
>
>When you post, could you address the person you want to write to and at
>least end with a signature? That IS proper etiquette.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net On
>Behalf Of Fergus Gibson
>Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 11:05 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: Re: HELP !!! newly diagnosed and metaformin problems already.
>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jennifer" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 6:26 PM
>Subject: Re: HELP !!! newly diagnosed and metaformin problems already.
>
>> If you are
>> ill, after a week or so........then stop taking it on your own. Or
>> take it as long as you can stand the side affects, I guess? It wont
>> hurt you to stop it. Some ppl cant take Metformin. :(
>
>It will hurt if it means you aren't going to take an insulin sensitizer.
>Metformin is a drug that can be quite difficult to adjust to. I would
>not advise someone to give up on it after only four days or a week.
>Sometimes it takes a bit more, and these side effects should subside
>once Catherine's body has adjusted.
>
>It's true that some people can't tolerate it, but some difficulty
>adjusting to metformin is justified by the efficacy of the medication.
>My girlfriend had a week of feeling nauseated, some diarrhea, and no
>appetite; but she's very glad she stuck with it because the benefits
>have been tremendous.
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