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Rebbekah
At Mon, 4 Feb 2002, TJ wrote:
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>Please refresh my memory.. Glucophage works along the same lines as
>Antabuse does, correct? I have had sudden diarrhea at least 5 or 6 days
>a week, every week, since starting it on January 2. I think I am in
>major denial....that little voice keeps telling me "it's ok, you're
>taking the Glucophage so you CAN eat carbs!" but I don't really think
>that should pertain to eating a whole sleeve of Oreos.. I'm trying to
>figure out what I'm doing that's causing the diarrhea - it's either the
>glucophage/carb thing or it's the no gallbladder/too much fat in the
>diet thing.. Either way I think I'm miserable! I can't figure out what
>I can or can't eat! I also don't know if increasing my dosage of
>glucophage will help or hurt the situation at this point. I'm going to
>start to cut back on the carbs - or at least give it my best shot (I
>have no discipline, I can admit this!).
>
>So I guess my questions are 1) could the diarrhea be from having too
>many carbs with the glucophage and 2) would increasing my dosage (from
>1000 mg to 1500 mg) possibly stop the diarrhea or would it make it
>worse?
>
>Thanks for your help!
>Tracy
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