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Re: BAD side affects from Metformin. Need help!
From: Loreley (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 09 Dec 2002 23:28:11 -0600
I took Metformin for about a month and it gave me very bad stomache aches
same with glucaphage but then the dr put me on glucaphage XR and it works
sooooo much better. I still get stomache aches but only around when I am
about to start my period which I have to take a pill for every month so I
know when I should schedule nothing for a day or two because of the stomache
aches. You should ask your dr about glucaphage xr and that might help.
Loreley
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Jennifer)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Subject: BAD side affects from Metformin. Need help!
>Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:02:03 -0600
>
>I was diagnosed with PCOS in September. My Dr. put me on metformin and
>within a week I was so exhausted I could hardly drive to work in the
>mornings, had terrible pain around the bottom of my rib cage, and also
>had a complete loss of energy. I could not walk from one end of the
>mall to the other without getting out of breath and having to sit down.
>The Dr. took me off of it and things have gotten better so far as those
>symptoms (I still have some pain in the rib cage area) but the PCOS
>symptoms are worse than ever. My hormones are a mess, my periods come
>and go as they please and I constantly feel like I am pms'ing. I am
>always hungry and I just keep gaining more and more weight. The dr.
>does not really know what else to do with me. He put me on progesterin
>for the next 3 months just to see if he can get my cycles back on track.
>I would appreciate learning about any alternative treatments or any
>advice anyone can offer. I am very frusterated.
>
>Thank you.
>
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