Re: Generic Metformin
From: cw (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 14 Mar 2002 19:05:16 -0600 (CST)
METFORMIN DID NOT WORK FOR ME EITHER!
A couple weeks ago, I posted my negative experience with Metformin here,
but received no responses. So I'll tell my personal story again.
8 days on Metformin did this to me: 1) My headaches began to return 2)
Morning dizziness returned 3) Frequent hunger returned 4) Sugar cravings
returned 5) water retention and constipation came back.
I didn't stay on it any longer to see what else would happen. I went
back to the pharmacy and asked them to switch it back to glucophage.
They did. Within 4 days, I felt myself again. Phew!
"They say" it's the same. But after my experiences and reading
everyone's posts, I say that there must be some sort of chemical
imbalance or something.
At Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Sonnet wrote:
>
>Okay guys, I got my refill in generic form on Friday, the 8th. If
>you're considering or facing the switch, here's what I have experienced
>so far:
>
>1) The price was not the savings I had pictured. I pay $180 for a month
>(no insurance and a high dose) of Glucophage, and I paid $130 for
>Metformin. My father, a pharmacy manager, says Met costs him now less
>than half what Glucophage does, but each pharmacy sets their own price
>to sell it on I guess.
>
>2) I read some of you guys thought it smelled worse - I think the Gluco
>smelled like death and this one, in contrast, smells and tastes vaguely
>like vanilla. Sweet and kinda creamy. Much better than rotting fish /
>wet dog!
>
>3) By Sunday, I was noticing my hair was falling out again. And I don't
>know, but I think I've gained a little weight, my tummy feels saggier!
>(Saggy-er? I made up a word!) I was annoyed.
>
>4) Today, Wednesday, I took a PB&J sandwich to work because I haven't
>gone grocery shopping in ages and that's what we have! Sugar, I know,
>but I have eaten sugar before, pretty much daily, without problems. Well
>about an hour after I ate, I was so sick I went home! I was nauseated,
>dizzy, seeing things, heart pounding, flushed, and my heart felt like it
>was quivering. I was sure I was going to pass out. I made it home in
>about an hour (YAY California commutes!) and tested my blood sugar. I
>was feeling MUCH better by then and it was still up over 150mg/dL. Mine
>usually runs low, between 60 and 90. This is way out for me. I only
>wonder how high it was earlier!
>
>So now, I am annoyed AND scared. I can't pass out at work. They'd send
>me to the hospital, if nothing else, and we have no insurance!! I don't
>want to be quasi-diabetic. Stupid Metformin. How can a drug that is
>EXACTLY THE SAME MEDICATION causes such different symptoms????
>
>--
>Email always welcome: sonnet@pcosupport.org
>
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