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Re: When to take MedsFrom: click (anonymous@obgyn.net)Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:39:46 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, anonymous wrote: > >I have been on Metformin (and Synthroid for Hypothyroidism) for about >eight months now. I have been doing great with dieting and as of this >morning's weigh in I have lost 50 lbs. I have found dieting to be so >much easier while taking Met. I used to have cravings during mid-day >and afternoon, they would be so severe and very hard to fight. Now I do >not have the day time cravings but at about 7PM I do get them--really >bad. > >I am on 1000mg of Metformin 2 times a day I take my synthroid as soon as >I get up (have to take that 1hr before eating) and then I take the first >Metformin dosage with breakfast when I get to work around 7:30 AM, I >have lunch around 12:30PM and then take the second pill around 5PM with >dinner. Would taking my second pill with a snack at around 7PM help or >would this be too spaced out and cause afternoon cravings? Play around with it--try it for a week. I switched to glucophage XR which is time release so I don't have to worry about this kind of thing, though I do notice that I feel better when I take my pills mid-day rather than in the evening, but it's much harder for me to reembe rto take them mid-day and I have a birth control pill as well which I need both for PCOS & for no preggies so I can't risk missing it in the middle of the dya....
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