Posted by Sad Panda on May 27, 2004, at 3:45:50
In reply to Re: Metformin » Sad Panda, posted by Noa on May 25, 2004, at 17:15:56
> Yes, I take metformin, otherwise known as Glucophage. I take the XL version--i.e., one dose per day. I've had no problems with it.
>
> Now when it comes to meds with dangerous potentiel SE's, metformin is one (lactic acidosis) and there are precautions needed when having surgery or injected dyes, etc., but you don't see quite the hysteria about it that we see with other meds, like Serzone.
>
>Hi Noa,
I'm not sure I want to add another drug to my growing collection, I am hoping the Thyroxine will affect my metabolism enough that I will not need it. Metformin looks like a really good drug, but it's main side effect is diarrhoea, 52% according to RXList, & since I've spent most of my life with diarrhoea, it's not something that I want back again.
Did you have any inital GI side effects?
Cheers,
Panda.
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