Re: anyone taking 1500mg glucophage xr - Rebecca
From: Angela (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 13:06:22 -0600 (CST)
What is glucophage xr?? i am on 1000mg a day at dinner. and my doctor
said is was time release, but I don't understand that.
--
Angela
At Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Lakefever2 wrote:
>
>Peyton, you are taking it correctly. I'm also at the
>1000 mg. a day at my dinner meal.
>
>--- Peyton <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>> My Doc just made me start taking glucophage xr and
>> started me off at
>> 500mg a day and work my way up to 2000mg a day. But
>> I take them all at
>> once. Maybe I need to call her to see if I am
>> taking them right. But I
>> am losing weight rapidly. I am only up to 1000mg a
>> day been on it for 2
>> weeks and have lost 9lbs. I don't have much of an
>> appetite either tho.
>> I dunno. My sugar is already better tho. It wasn't
>> too high when I was
>> tested but boderline. and i was putting on a lot of
>> weight rather
>> quickly. This is a wonderful med so far. I just
>> hope it keeps on
>> working.
>> Peyton~
>>
>> At Fri, 23 Nov 2001, anne wrote:
>> >
>> >Rebecca,
>> >
>> >I was surprised that my doc said I couldn't take it
>> 3x a day because she
>> >previously told me that she didn't believe the time
>> released coating
>> >made any difference in the medication, that it was
>> just added because
>> >the patent on the medication had expired.
>> Apparently your doc doesn't
>> >believe in the time release coating at all if he's
>> prescribing 4x a day.
>> >
>> >But we are all different, so maybe that's why our
>> meds were prescribed
>> >differently, or perhaps it's just the doctors --
>> can you tell me what
>> >your fasting insulin levels were?
>> >
>> >Mine wasn't that high just 12.9, I did feel better
>> on 500mg pretty
>> >quickly, and even better on 1000mg, I asked for
>> 1500 because I keep
>> >reading that's the level to take for PCOS.
>> >
>> >--
>> >Anne
>> >
>> >ps, I'm a lot less grouchy too!! It's nice to not
>> be annoyed by
>> >everyone.
>> >
>> >At Fri, 23 Nov 2001, Rebecca wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Anne,
>> >>I'm taking 2000mg og glucophage xr. I take 500mg
>> four times a day.
>> >>Since I've found a new doctor who specializes in
>> PCOS and he increased
>> >>my medication, I have felt wonderful! I don't have
>> the upset stomach
>> >>that I had with regular glucophage and it seems to
>> keep my hunger
>> >>cravings and sweet tooth in control better. I've
>> lost weight and I'm
>> >>not near as grouchy. LOL
>> >>
>> >>At Wed, 21 Nov 2001, anne wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>My doc told me I cannot take glucophage xr three
>> times a day. She had
>> >>>me taking it twice a day. I wanted to increase
>> from 1000 to 1500, she
>> >>>switched me to regular, it was a horrible
>> experience, I asked her
>> >>>assistant if I couldn't just take 1000mg or xr at
>> night and 500 in the
>> >>>am. She said fine. Why didn't my doctor think
>> of this?
>> >>>
>> >>>This got me wondering, is anyone else taking
>> 1500mg of xr and if so, how
>> >>>are you taking it?
>> >>>
>> >>>TIA
>> >>>
>> >>>--
>> >>>Anne
>> >>>
>> >>--
>> >>Rebecca Jones
>> >>
>>
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