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Re: Raising Glucophage dosage...question
From: Tracy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 21 May 2003 15:08:25 -0500 (CDT)
I wanted to thank everyone for their advice! I think I'll try spacing
them out. If that doesn't work, or I can't remember the lunchtime pill
(I have a hard time remembering the dinner one!), maybe I'll talk to my
doctor about the XR! Thanks again!
Tracy
At Wed, 21 May 2003, Anon wrote:
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>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,
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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:
>>>
>>>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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