Re: What is the big deal with Metformin?? It doesn't do anything for me.
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 08:01:43 -0700
XR does not have a generic version. It will be several years before it does.
The time-release shell of the XR probably keeps you from smelling the med.
Renee
Louise B wrote:
>
> Okay, now I'm really confused! I started taking Glucophage XR over the
> weekend, and it didn't smell at all. But I didn't think there was a
> generic for the XR. Or does only the non-time release version of
> Glucophage smell bad? I only ask because I felt horrible on it (extreme
> low blood sugar problems no matter what I ate), and if it was generic
> then I could try the other.
>
> At Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Sonnet wrote:
> >
> >My Glucophage, the brand name stuff, smells HORRIBLE like a combo of
> >dead fish and wet dog. It's nasty. But a much better effect on the
> >PCOS, for me at least! When I tried Metformin the thing I liked most
> >about it was that it smelled lovely and like vanilla.
>
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