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Re: gulucophage and diarrea
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 12:03:35 -0500 (CDT)
That's really interesting. For me, glucophage (regular, not xr) is
faster acting, and I can't handle Metformin. Just the opposite.
I guess the advice to everyone is if one doesn't work, try the other.
At Wed, 14 Aug 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
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>I started taking glucophage xr the time released kind first for 3 months had
>diarrea all the time.And i passed those pills whole my doctor finally took me
>off them because i wasnt getting the meds.He stated that they werent staying
>in my system long enough for the meds to be released i was passing them to
>quick.And i was told that was why i wasnt getting my period after being on it
>fo 3 months.He switched me to the generic metformin within 2 weeks i had a
>period so i figured he was probably correct.Some poeple cant handle
>glucophage.My endo states metformin is faster acting and sometimes poeple
>handle it better
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