Thread: Brand New...With a Question!

Start off slowly on the meds. Like maybe half a pill per day and work your way up. I never had any tummy issues with it, but Some people have a really hard time. I don't think you need to avoid carbs all together, but try and stay away from sugar. I have heard of people having problems with salad and eggs. I would start off on low carb for a while and slowly add them back in gradually as you begin to tolerate the glucophage better. Perhaps, at first try and only have maybe 100g carbs a day and work your way up. Some people claim the way to go with gluc/met is lots of fiber. Others claim to do well with a spoonful of yogurt with the pill. You will learn what works for you. It may take a while before you figure out what time of day works well for you, and if you should take it before or after food, etc.

I try to stay below 120-130 grams of carbs per day spread out amongst my meals/snacks.

When I first started Met, I started with 500mg/day with my biggest meal. After a week, I went up to 500mg 2Xday with my biggest meals. Finally, I got to 500mg 3X day.

I would avoid greasy foods (ie pizza, burgers, fries) and foods high in sugars (or sugar alcohols for that matter). Some of the sugar free candies contain sugar alcohols. If I eat more than 2 or 3 pieces, WARNING. . .TMI. . .my bowels feel like they're going to explode and I'm stuck in the bathroom in agony wondering why I did that.

After several weeks of Met, I wasn't as sensitive to certain foods, but some still get me (like too many sugar free candies made with sugar alcohols). I also have random bouts of diarrhea on occasion, but they don't really seem to be correlated with eating this or that.