I am also on meds daily for reflux and I didn't notice the glucophage
interfering with it. I have been on Gluc for 3.5 years and Nexium for
about 1.5 of those...
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Randi
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>At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Melissa wrote:
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>Yes, Metformin can aggravate the reflux until you get used to the med.
>That happened to me, but after a few weeks it got better (but I have a
>severe reflux problem and am on a medication every day for that).
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>anonymous
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>>When I saw my Dr. a couple of weeks ago, she said that she was going to
>>try me on Metformin/ Glucophage after my next visit. When I saw her
>>again, she told me that we should wait until I get my acid reflux taken
>>care of. She told me to take Zantac. She said that the Metformin would
>>really agetate (SP?) my reflux. Does this sound right to anyone, or is
>>she just giving me the runaround. I keep reading all of these horror
>>stories about bad Dr's, so I would just like to know if this seems
>>right.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Melissa
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