PCOS Messages for September, 2001: Re: Dosage of glucophage XR

Re: Dosage of glucophage XR

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:37:28 -0500 (CDT)

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I thought I would reply to the thread on Gluc XR and just point something out:

Everyone has different dosage needs, it's true. This is something that needs to be worked out between you and your doctor. Also, it's true that most people start out at a low dose and work their way up.

Let me also point out that the suggested dosages (these taken both from the drug's prescribing information and medical studies run on the effectivness of Metformin for PCOS) suggest that treatment be started at a low level: The suggested dosages to start with are 1000mg for diabetics and 1500mg for PCOS patients. Then, if symptoms are not resolved at that dosage, it is gradually increased, up to 2550mg daily, until they are.

Glucophage XR is the SAME DRUG as Glucophage. It is just put into time release caplets. When you take Glucophage XR, you take the same amount as you normally would take during the day if you were on regular Gluc. You just take it once a day. It's much easier to remember to take it and, as mickeyscastle pointed out, it helps your insulin levels stay much more stable. It is released slowly and constantly instead of in two or three large lumps.

I have had physicians in the past make the mistake of prescribing me one 500mg pill of Glucophage XR to take because they have read that you "only need to take it once a day." That is true, but that statement refers to the time release action and not to the dosage.

At Mon, 17 Sep 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>At Mon, 17 Sep 2001, kitty wrote:
>>
>>This is my first time posting so I'll try to keep it short.My Dr.
>>prescribed 500mg of Glucophage XR 1 tablet daily. Is this normal a
>>dosage?It seems some what low compared to others on this board. Also
>>how often should my insulin levels be checked?I've been on Glucophage
>>for eight months and I haven't had my insulin levels retested.
>
>Hello Kitty, I take 500mg of glucophage xr which is a extended release
>compared to the other glucophage tabelets which are not for all day
>release they go immediately into your system making you have highs and
>lows in you r levels of insulin I have also been on glucophage for 7
>months and have not had my levels checked.
>
>--
>Tami in Montana
>

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