Metformin and side effects
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Side effects vary. They say to start on it really slowly and work yourself up. It took me three months to get myself up to my 2000mg dose. I started out with 500mg with dinner for 1 week, then added 500mg w/breakfast for 2 weeks. Then I added another pill with dinner for 2 weeks, and had to slack off for a couple weeks because of side effects, which were diarrhea and pains in the kidney area (that were bowel problems because of the metformin). After I started up again a couple weeks later I worked up the same way. 500mg one week, 1000mg the 2nd week, 1500mg the third and fourth week and 2000mg after that. I was fine this time and have been taking 2000mg /day since August 2002. It did cut down my appetite considerably. I was only hungry every 4-5 hours instead of hungry all the time. I didn’t want to eat when I wasn’t hungry – the thought of food would make me sick to my stomach unless I was actually hungry. This was VERY GOOD 
because it let me eat less and feel more satisfied. My portions got smaller too. After a while I started having normal periods. After 8 months on metformin I got pregnant. Unfortunately I am miscarrying so I lost the baby. But it was a big success for us considering that without metformin I did not have periods or ovulate at all. My body has not had time to clean out all the old eggs yet so that’s probably why I miscarried. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Kay wrote: > My gyno tried me on metformin. I was on it for about 3 months. I started > taking 500 mg then the next day i increased it till we had it up to 2500 mg > a day. > The only real side effects i personally had was thta i wasnt the least bit > hungry and i kept throwing up and having stomach cramps. After about 3 > months of it my doctor took me off it. > I know that some have experienced a upset stomach to. From what i > understand though everyone is different on it. > I hope you get your answers. > Kay > "heiko" <heik…@web.de> wrote in message > news:b4io35$e9h$01$1@news.t-online.com… >>Hi there >>we are looking to have a baby and visited several doctors because of the > pco >>from my girl friend ! >>Now we got a reception for metformin >>Who has experiences – What kind of side-effects do you know ? >>Regards >>Heiko
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Hi there we are looking to have a baby and visited several doctors because of the pco from my girl friend ! Now we got a reception for metformin Who has experiences – What kind of side-effects do you know ? Regards Heiko
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My gyno tried me on metformin. I was on it for about 3 months. I started taking 500 mg then the next day i increased it till we had it up to 2500 mg a day. The only real side effects i personally had was thta i wasnt the least bit hungry and i kept throwing up and having stomach cramps. After about 3 months of it my doctor took me off it. I know that some have experienced a upset stomach to. From what i understand though everyone is different on it. I hope you get your answers. Kay "heiko" <heik…@web.de> wrote in message
news:b4io35$e9h$01$1@news.t-online.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi there > we are looking to have a baby and visited several doctors because of the pco > from my girl friend ! > Now we got a reception for metformin > Who has experiences – What kind of side-effects do you know ? > Regards > Heiko
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