Re: Raising Glucophage dosage...question
From: Lisa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 May 2003 23:47:10 -0500 (CDT)
Hi, I have been on Met. 500 mg. twice daily since October 2002, and it
just recently started making me sick. I have had really bad headaches,
heart palpitations, pulling sensation on my left side near my heart,
numbness in my left hand, craving for sweets and a few other things like
jaw pain. I was wondering if anyone has had these symptoms and if they
are from taking Met. My doctor is out of town for 2 weeks, so the nurse
consulted another doctor who suggested I try stopping Met. for a week
and then call them back. I'm in my second day of not taking Met. and
so far haven't had any headaches, but I do have some other symptoms like
back pain, stomach pain and major cravings. I have tried diet and
exercise since October, but nothing works. The cravings are the worst
thing to conquer, but it seems like it's impossible. I am about 40 lb.s
overweight and am sick of being fat. It just seems to be getting worse.
I was on Paxil for depression, but recently got off due to really bad
reactions while on the med. Plus I would like to try and conceive again
(I have a 7 year old and 1 miscarriage 2 years ago). Are there any
tests that my ob/gyn can do to make sure it is safe to conceive? I don't
know what to do and my next appt. with my specialist isn't until
August. Any suggestions? Thanks for listening!
--
Lisa P.
At Wed, 21 May 2003, Tracy wrote:
>
>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:
>>
>>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:
>>>
>>>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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