Comments on: Metformin: Benefits, Side Effects http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/ A medical blog to explain complex medical stuff to you Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anni Sink http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-5110 Anni Sink Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:48:02 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-5110 Amonth ago my doctor put me om metformin, starting with one a day after 2 weeks 2 a day. u am having terrible bloating,and diarrohea, and I have been working with a trainer a year and 2 months to look good wow i am nervouse about this medicine. Am I having a reaction to it and when will the bloating go away. I am overseas at the time and will not be home fr 2 months. Should I find a doctor here? Amonth ago my doctor put me om metformin, starting with one a day after 2 weeks 2 a day. u am having terrible bloating,and diarrohea, and I have been working with a trainer a year and 2 months to look good wow i am nervouse about this medicine. Am I having a reaction to it and when will the bloating go away. I am overseas at the time and will not be home fr 2 months. Should I find a doctor here?

]]> By: Nina http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-4882 Nina Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:54:25 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-4882 Wow I tried Metformin a yr ago, 500mg twice a day and suffered from dodgy belly, hair loss and muscle contractions in my leg. However I am type 1 diabetic and have become insuling reistant in the morning which is causing me great concern. So if I increase my night time background insuling, it falls around 4am then creeps up duringthe morning resulting in double figures at breakfast. Now I have been advised to take 500g just in th emorning to see if that helps. I will give it a try as I am desperate to get my morning levels down but I am concerned about the hair loss. I do exercise min 3 times a week but I haven't seen any improvements. In addition I do have pernicious anaemia, PCOS and an underactivew thyroid gland! Any advice would be appreciated! Nina Wow I tried Metformin a yr ago, 500mg twice a day and suffered from dodgy belly, hair loss and muscle contractions in my leg. However I am type 1 diabetic and have become insuling reistant in the morning which is causing me great concern. So if I increase my night time background insuling, it falls around 4am then creeps up duringthe morning resulting in double figures at breakfast. Now I have been advised to take 500g just in th emorning to see if that helps. I will give it a try as I am desperate to get my morning levels down but I am concerned about the hair loss. I do exercise min 3 times a week but I haven’t seen any improvements.

In addition I do have pernicious anaemia, PCOS and an underactivew thyroid gland! Any advice would be appreciated!

Nina

]]> By: Trish http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-4387 Trish Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:08:57 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-4387 I don't want to say that everyone should be on this medication, BUT ...I can tell you that the longer you are on it the more your body adjusts to the meds and your side effects lesson immensely, as in the case of my sister. I am super lucky...I got minimal side effects...heartburn the first time I took it and loose stools once in a while but no diarrhea. Best of luck. I don’t want to say that everyone should be on this medication, BUT …I can tell you that the longer you are on it the more your body adjusts to the meds and your side effects lesson immensely, as in the case of my sister.

I am super lucky…I got minimal side effects…heartburn the first time I took it and loose stools once in a while but no diarrhea. Best of luck.

]]> By: Bettie http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3899 Bettie Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:09:26 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-3899 I have been on Metformin for 7 days and can honestly say that I have never been so sick in my life. I have so much gas and the pains? Yeah, I want to die. BMs have been completely normal and I try to expel the gas, but nothing, nothing, nothing... and then a huge release that's uncontrolable and painful. But then I feel fantastic for about 15 minutes before it starts to build again. Also, I have lost my appetite and am eating about 1/4, if that, of what I used. I also have have heartburn and most foods make me nauseous. Oh yeah, forgot to mention the lovely verping after I do eat. Good times. I have been on Metformin for 7 days and can honestly say that I have never been so sick in my life. I have so much gas and the pains? Yeah, I want to die. BMs have been completely normal and I try to expel the gas, but nothing, nothing, nothing… and then a huge release that’s uncontrolable and painful. But then I feel fantastic for about 15 minutes before it starts to build again. Also, I have lost my appetite and am eating about 1/4, if that, of what I used. I also have have heartburn and most foods make me nauseous. Oh yeah, forgot to mention the lovely verping after I do eat. Good times.

]]> By: jasmin http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-3551 jasmin Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:49:19 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-3551 i was on metformin for 8mnths and lost 6kgs ,my menses became regular(every month),facial hair growth was minimal,i loved it but didnt enjoy hypoglycaemic effects.always felt hungry,diarrohea initially after everymeal for 1st 2month which subsided after 2mnths.sadly stopped after being advised against by a haemopath that the long term effect is nasty and would increase cholesterol and future heart problems.regret stoping it coz menses irregular again with minimal bleed. i was on metformin for 8mnths and lost 6kgs ,my menses became regular(every month),facial hair growth was minimal,i loved it but didnt enjoy hypoglycaemic effects.always felt hungry,diarrohea initially after everymeal for 1st 2month which subsided after 2mnths.sadly stopped after being advised against by a haemopath that the long term effect is nasty and would increase cholesterol and future heart problems.regret stoping it coz menses irregular again with minimal bleed.

]]> By: Bill Rupp http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-2823 Bill Rupp Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:32:51 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-2823 I had very smelly painful gas. I took myself off Metformin because of severe calf muscle pain, my legs are sore to the touch. I can feel my calf muscles contracting on there own. Mostly on my left side I am currently walking with a limp. I called the doctors office with my complaints, but they told me that my side effects were not known side effects. I'am now seeing a diabetes specialist and he put me on Levemir insulin it is working very good. I had very smelly painful gas. I took myself off Metformin because of severe calf muscle pain, my legs are sore to the touch. I can feel my calf muscles contracting on there own. Mostly on my left side I am currently walking with a limp. I called the doctors office with my complaints, but they told me that my side effects were not known side effects. I’am now seeing a diabetes specialist and he put me on Levemir insulin it is working very good.

]]> By: Gloria Oliver http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-2750 Gloria Oliver Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:49:43 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-2750 Addendum #2: My granddaughter is not a diabetic and I fear that using Metformin will make her glucose numbers plunge. I will ask my psychiatrist what he would recommend instead. Addendum #2: My granddaughter is not a diabetic and I fear that using Metformin will make her glucose numbers plunge. I will ask my psychiatrist what he would recommend instead.

]]> By: Gloria Oliver http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Gloria Oliver Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:44:22 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-2749 I should have said my 11 year old granddaughter. Thanks. I should have said my 11 year old granddaughter. Thanks.

]]> By: Gloria Oliver http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Gloria Oliver Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:43:30 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-2748 I took myself off Metformin because of pernicious anemia and hair loss. Now my 11 year old's psychiatrist is thinking of treating her with it for appetite suppression because one of her medications for psychological problems increases appetite. I think this is wrong, wrong, wrong. Please let me know if anyone else knows of this treatment for kids, and how you feel about it. I took myself off Metformin because of pernicious anemia and hair loss. Now my 11 year old’s psychiatrist is thinking of treating her with it for appetite suppression because one of her medications for psychological problems increases appetite. I think this is wrong, wrong, wrong. Please let me know if anyone else knows of this treatment for kids, and how you feel about it.

]]> By: farman http://healthlifeandstuff.com/2009/09/metformin-effects-benefits-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-2623 farman Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:41:01 +0000 http://healthlifeandstuff.com/?p=831#comment-2623 metformin is good but liver n kidney patients should avoid it. metformin is good but liver n kidney patients should avoid it.

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