Re: Generic Metformin
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 15 Mar 2002 00:56:39 -0600 (CST)
Thanks so much for the kind words Barbara!! I'm better today after very
VERY carefully monitoring my blood sugar levels all day (I haven't got
any skin left on my fingertips or arms to prick!) and eating or
excercising accordingly. What a pain though!
The drugs SHOULD be exactly the same compound. The only difference lies
in the filler ingredients used to make the pill. Very strange, hrm?
Hope you're well and taking good care of yourself. TTYS!
At Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Barbra wrote:
>
>At Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Sonnet wrote:
>>
>Dear Sonnet,
>Read your post with sympathy.
>Remember,I had written to you that I had a prescription for met.I was
>taken off it in a matter of two weeks.
>I know the taste didn't bother me at all...but gastric disturbances were
>completly untolerable even at a low dose of 500mg.
>Heart palps were worse.....I was dizzier than ever(mind you,that is not
>unusual for me),I felt as if to faint every single time I got up from a
>sitting position.Symptoms just got worse.I can tolerate carbs as well
>without heart palps...but they were much worse on the met...and I had a
>cardio diary to prove it...still have it.Symtoms are not as bad since
>off the met...no more...:"oops,Ive done a booboo in my pants".No extreme
>heart palps either...just the normal after eating anything.
>
>Does your dad know if there can be some difference in the chemical
>compounds?
>Please let me know..as met or gluc was what I thought-going to be a god
>send for me.
>
>Take care Sonnet.....and please relax....when these near faint episodes
>occur...try and relax,although I know how difficult it is to remain calm
>when you have absolutely NO control...but getting frightened as I
>do...just makes it worse and you probably will faint from the anxiety
>related to the feelings.I know,,,I do that to myself.I feel faint....If
>only I would just sit down and let it pass...but NOOOO.,I start to
>panic....gets worse.Just try and relax.Get the old lavender out and
>smell,smell smell......if you want to talk.....don't hesitate to email
>me.
>
>(((hugs))))
>I am wondering if I can try the Glocophage instead.
>Maybe it was just the met that certainly didn't agree with me.
>I cannot understand why my doctor would give me met,rather than
>glucophage.
>My insurance covers 80% for prescriptions.I have not sent mine in yet.I
>wonder which one is covered here.
>
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