PCOS Messages for February, 2002: Re: Glucophage HELL

Re: Glucophage HELL

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:52:32 -0600 (CST)

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I don't know if it's safe to say that Glucophage works along the same lines as Antabuse... Samueal thatcher compares them in his book to point out that the crappy side effects (ha ha) of eating too many carbs while on Glucophage might have a sort of cognitive-behavioral action... ie, you will begin to assosciate chocolate cake with feeling awful and you will stop eating chocolate cake. Glucophage does what it is supposed to do - keep blood sugar/insulin levels in check - very well; I don't know that Antabuse has any theraputic benefits besides making a person ill when they drink. That aside...

Raising your glucophae will likely make the problem WORSE. I say this based on the experience of doubling up doses to make up for missed doses and suffering the ensuing stomach distress when normally there would be none.

As for what is causing your problems, it might be carbs, or it might just be that you can't eat some foods while on gluc. These foods are different for all of us. I can't eat "delux" macaroni and cheese. This seems to be the ONLY food I can't eat any more... that's why I think of it as a certain food thing rather than a carb thing. IE, spegetti causes no problems. Boxed mac and cheese with the powder cheese you mix up yourself causes no problems. But the mac and cheese that comes with the foil pouches of cheese... forget it!

- jodi

At Mon, 4 Feb 2002, TJ wrote: >
>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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