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Re: Should I up my Glucophage dose?
From: Koolaide (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:44:45 -0600 (CST)
Hi tera...if your doctor is checking your liver on a regular basis I
can't see why not. I would go slow. Take 1/2 extra pill, so up the
dose by 250 at a time. I'm not sure they make it in smaller doses. I
would just say go slow and keep checking that liver. I was on
1500mg/day and stopped because I was so sick too. Not a liver problem
but sore kidney and sick sick sick.
Good luck to you....Bonnie
At Fri, 11 Jan 2002, tera wrote:
>
>Hi!
>
>I don't know if you remember my problems or not. I did start Glucophage
>earlier this year to help with my PCOS. I my doctor started me on 800
>mg twice a day. I got REALLY sick - extremely weak (not just tired but
>SCARY weak) and had nausea. The first few weeks were fine but then I
>got the horrible side effects about a month into it and stopped taking
>it. I thought that it could be effecting my liver as my liver was
>already off and I feared lactic acidosis. My doctor agreed that I
>should stop taking it. It wasn't until I found this post that I
>discovered that the correct dose depends on the person.
>
>Anyway, armed with more info I headed off to my doc who agreed to test
>my liver and start me on a lower dose. My liver is still "off" but
>according to my doc it was okay to start the Glucophage. I'm now on 500
>mg per day and it has been a month without any side effects but slight
>loose stools.
>
>How do you know if you should increase the Glucophage? Do I feel better
>now than before I started the Glucophage? Yes, slightly. Should I
>increase it slightly? My doc says that it's pretty much up to me and
>will increase my dose if I ask her to since she is unsure of what a
>therapeutic dose should be for me. What do you think?
>
>God bless! Tera
>
>--
>Tera
>
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