How ALL does everyone take their Metformin???
Before u eat??
While your eating??
Do u take both pills at the same time if u take 2 a day???
Why or Why not???
And unless you're taking the extended release version, you're not supposed to take them all at once. My dose is going to eventually be 1500mg and I'm supposed to take 500mg 3x day.
And... I know you're trying to get answers, but it might be more beneficial to just surf some of the threads. Especially the very top sticky that talks about dealing with met side effects.
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I usually take mine during my meal. I read that it can help with the side effects. Sometimes I forget and take it after, but I never take it on an empty stomach. I take 3 pills a day at each meal. If I forget sometimes I will take 2 with dinner. My doctor told me if I want to have the Met help me lose weight I should take them all separately. She also said that the control release kind will not help me lose weight as much. I lost 8 pounds in the first month. (Along with dieting and more cardio exercise than before.) I have been on the Met for about 2 months and all of the side effects are gone unless I eat really bad. Hope this helps!
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I take 1,000 mg of Glucophage 3 times per day and take it before I eat, unless I forget which happens sometimes then I take it while I am eating or immediately after.
Why did your doctor tell u that I u wanted to lose weight awhile taking
Met that u should take the pills separately at differen't times???
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I usually take mine during my meal. I read that it can help with the side effects. Sometimes I forget and take it after, but I never take it on an empty stomach. I take 3 pills a day at each meal. If I forget sometimes I will take 2 with dinner. My doctor told me if I want to have the Met help me lose weight I should take them all separately. She also said that the control release kind will not help me lose weight as much. I lost 8 pounds in the first month. (Along with dieting and more cardio exercise than before.) I have been on the Met for about 2 months and all of the side effects are gone unless I eat really bad. Hope this helps!
I take two pills a day. One I take at lunch, the other at dinner. I always take them in the middle of my meal. If I forget to take it, with my meal, I'll skip it (happens rarely). I have horrible side effects if I take it without food. I tried bedtime and that did not work. Side effects for me are dramatically less taking it with the two meals.
I'm taking 1000mg at dinner right now, working my way to 2000mg day. I take mine at the start of the meal with the first bite, along with Precose. It seems if I take it at the front then put food on top, it doesn't bother my stomach unless I eat alot of carbs. I ate grilled cheese the other night and was miserable for 24 hours after. Sheesh! Does it get better?
Also, can I take 500mg breakfast, 500 mg lunch, and then 1000mg at night? Once I get to 2000mg? The 1000mg dosage is too much for me to handle at one time. Just asking if anyone else takes it like that?
I take mine when I get up in the morning and before I go to bed. That has seemed to be the only way I remember to actually take it! Once my body got used to the pills, I stoped having the side effects so it doesn't matter if I take it with food or not!
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I take all 1500mg in the morning right after breakfast. My doc said that it was fine to take it all at once. I am not very good with remembering to take pills so if I didn't take them all in the morning I would forget to take the rest later in the day. And I always take them with food because if I don't i will fell really sick. Other than that I have been taking met for a year now and it had done wounders for me.
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I take 1,000mg a day. I take one before breakfast and one before dinner. I hardly ever forget, but when I do, I just take it and eat a little something.
I take 500mg in the AM and then 500mg in the PM (breakfast/lunch). I've never had issues with needing to take it with or without food. I'm one of the lucky few who hasn't had a lot of the digestive side effects.
I'm on the ER version and am actually noticing more weight loss than I ever did with the regular version.
Only thing I don't like is being tired right after I take it ... it sucks.
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i take mine in the morning. Im only on 500 mg once a day so i really dont have many side effects unless i eat horribly sometimws i get headaches. im thinking about asking my dr to up it but im kinda scared.
I take 1000mg with my lunch I take it during the meal or sometimes after. If I take it after I make sure to drink plenty of water (about 20 oz) or I will side effect majorly.
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Why would u be scared to ask your doctor to up your Met???
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Originally Posted by **EricaNicole**
i take mine in the morning. Im only on 500 mg once a day so i really dont have many side effects unless i eat horribly sometimws i get headaches. im thinking about asking my dr to up it but im kinda scared.
How ALL do you take??? 
