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Re: Raising Glucophage dosage...question
From: Anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 21 May 2003 11:08:54 -0500 (CDT)
I take 2500 mg of Met a day (regular not XR) and I take 1 w/ breakfast,
2 w/ lunch, and 2 with dinner. I find I have less side effects when I
take them with main meals and space them out by about 6 hours. Good
Luck.
At Wed, 21 May 2003, Becky wrote:
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>Sonnet,
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>I disagree. I have been taking Metformin 2000mg since November. I take 2 pills with breakfast and 2 pills in the evening. I have had tremendous results. I have ovulated the past two months and have had regular 28 day cycles since starting the meds. (I hadn't had a period in almost a year prior) I think you have to do what works for you, and take it according to what your MD says. Everybody is different.
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>Becky
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sonnet [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net
>Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:32 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>Subject: Re: Raising Glucophage dosage...question
>
>It depends on which version of metformin you are taking.... the regular
>metformin *needs* to be spread out as evenly possible through the day to
>be effective. So breakfast lunch and dinner would be perfect. If
>you're taking the regular metformin, taking double your dose at once
>(like 2 pills with breakfast) not only means it will 'wear off' during
>the day, but can be very hard on your system - you could expect a lot
>more side effects that way.
>
>If you're taking the Glucophage XR extended release, you can take them
>pretty much whenever you want. They are designed to be slow release and
>taken all at once, but many women find they get better results taking
>even the XR through the day.
>
>At Tue, 20 May 2003, Tracy wrote:
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>>Hi all. I am currently on 1000mg of metformin per day and take one
>>tablet each with breakfast and dinner. Starting Saturday, I'm supposed
>>to up my dose again to 1500mg per day (i.e., 3 tablets)...here's my
>>question: for those of you that have done this before, did you take 2
>>tablets at dinner, 2 tablets at breakfast, or one each at breakfast,
>>lunch, and dinner? Thanks in advance for your advice!
>>
>>--
>>Tracy
>>
>--
>email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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