calcium/vitamin D supplement for managing metformin side effects

doesitinspire · 09-24-2009, 02:02 PM

i have been on and off metformin for the past seven years. i always have struggled to get up to the recommended dosage (2000mg this round... ugh) mostly because of the god awful GI side effects.

nausea, heartburn, diarrhea... the works.

my mother, who is a dietician, recommended that i take two calcium/vitamin D supplements daily to slow down my GI tract to counter effect the met side effects. she said it was important to make sure that the supplement did NOT have magnesium, which can have the opposite effect.

today is my second day taking 1000mg and the cal/vit d supplement and i don't even feel like i'm on the met. hallelujah! hope this is helpful!

kpinkchick · 09-24-2009, 10:56 PM

Hey I just read your post about the calcuim/vitamin d suppletment. As for the metformin side effects i think i am ok. My dose was increased in june but i have been fine until this past month.

Hi. I have been having the same problems. While on the pill, Yaz, my period has always came on schedule. And I never really have any cramps, backaches, etc. Then about a month I got my period about a week early and felt alwful, cramps, throwing up and heavy flow. Then this past weekend a week after starting my new pack I got my period again, heavy flow, weight gain and sick to my stomach.

This past tuesday I called my doctor and changed pills to Yasmin, well Ocella the generic which from reading other post on here Ocella may have been a mistake. My period has stopped and the weight is going back to normal, but I still have an awful stomach ache, nausea and heartburn. I am not really sure what it is from or what to do. I have been taking antacids thinking maybe that is what it is. I feel like a combination stomach ulcer/being really hungry. Any suggestions? Just thought your calcium/vit d suppletment might help. any other suggestions would be great. thanks.