Re: How should I take glucophage?
From: Cassandra (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:03:41 -0500 (CDT)
I'm on 2000mg (two pills twice a day). When I was on 1500 I took it
three times a day and I had a reeeeally hard time remembering to do it.
I do get more nausea than I did on the 1500, but at least I remember to
take it!
If you want, though, you could split the pills in half and take it
throughout the day.
Good luck!
Cassandra
At Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Wow, I'm jealous of your doctor!!! :)
>
>I still say you want an even spacing of the pills so you have a constant
>flow of the medicine in your blood, but mostly of course when you're
>awake and digesting stuff. The instructions I have on taking it are
>from my father, a pharmacist, and I trust what he says on it - but do
>what works for you! Find out what your body does well on and stay with
>that, I say.
>
>At Tue, 17 Apr 2001, The wrote:
>>
>>Well I just figured it might keep the glucophage in my system on a more
>>steady basis throughout the day. Plus I've had loose stool from
>>glucophage going on a year now and thought that might also help with the
>>stool. Think that it might help that? And I don't go by anything my
>>doctor says, she knows nothing about PCOS. She freely admits it and
>>just goes by what I say. If I say "Hey Doc I wanna move up to 2000mg of
>>glucophage" she says "right away mam!".
>>
>>At Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>>>
>>>The people who are taking glucophage 3 times a day would be taking 500mg
>>>pills, three times a day, for 1500mg total. (Ditto in a similar way 4
>>>pills a day.) Taking them twice a day I am sure would be fine. What you
>>>want to avoid, unless you are taking Glucopahge XR, is taking all of
>>>your pills at once. Not only is this harder on your digestion, but as
>>>the medicine helps your insulin respond properly to what you eat, you
>>>want it in your bloodstream when you have sugar in your bloodstream - ie
>>>after you eat. Taking it all at once, say for instance when you wake
>>>up, would leave you without the benefits of the medication towards the
>>>end of the day.
>>>
>>>Hope that made sense - you're fine and definitely stay with what your
>>>doctor or pharmacist tells you about it!
>>>
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