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Re: Been on glucophage for one month
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 5 Jul 2003 16:01:11 -0500 (CDT)
Yes, I thought my appetite would decrease, and it did the first few days
of Met, when my stomach hurt, but now I'm as hungry as ever! I am eating
all the time. I have gained weight. I am at a loss. Has anyone taken
Merida and Met? Help!
At Wed, 25 Jun 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>I am on 1500MG of gluphage XR starting this month too.
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>I am seeing a lot of posts saying that met makes you lose appetite but I
>guess I am the only one having more apetite than before met. I feel
>hungry all the time !!!
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>Anyone had this with met ?
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>Thanks
>
>madie
>
>At Wed, 25 Jun 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>>At Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Heidi wrote:
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>>>I have been using Met for a little over a month now. I started the
>>>first two weeks at 500 mg and then moved up until very recently to 1000
>>>mg. I tried earlier to go to 1500 mg, but had stomach problems and went
>>>back to 1000 mg. I am just now going back up to 1500 mg and have a lot
>>>less problems. The main side effect at the lower levels has been gas. I
>>>have tried to start eating better and currently only exercise two times
>>>a week in my mid east dance class. Yesterday, I started to walk as well
>>>and hope I will continue to do this. As for improvements, I still
>>>haven't seen any but since it is only one month and I am still on a
>>>pretty low dose especially since I am pretty tall and heavy. My ratio
>>>of glucose to insulin is also about 2 to 1. I am still craving sugar,
>>>but hope this too will subside as I increase the dose. I am planning to
>>>go to Egypt for two and a half weeks starting Tuesday, so I probably
>>>will not increase the medicine during that time so I won't get sick to
>>>my stomach (there is already a risk of that anyway in Egypt). I know it
>>>will be a slow road, but so far at least I haven't had too many
>>>problems.
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>>I am woudering if you had a problem from day one and just lived with it
>>and how you could live with it.I am nauseated and full of gas.I almost
>>wish i could exlpode!
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