post your tips on dealing with gluc/met side effects - Page 50

katherineh · 10-08-2009, 07:48 PM

I have been on met 4 weeks and two weeks at 2000mg. For me I have noticed that if I took met on a full stomach, it would get pretty upset. So the last few nights I haven't been that hungry and I have taken it on an almost empty stomach and I didn't have any side effects at all. But I was pretty hungry the next morning.

I do have a question though. Is breast tenderness (sorry- in the nipple area) a side effect? Because my breasts (nipples) have been very tender for almost two weeks now, especially the tips hurt when they get brushed by skin or material.

lovesharmony · 11-08-2009, 12:16 AM

thanks

ann4art · 11-11-2009, 11:11 PM

Hello,
I scanned thru just about all the pages looking for my answer but didnt find anything. I was just wondering if anyone has experienced really bad acne on met? I get these massive pimples on my face and chest that dont come to a head, and if I try to bust them they leave really dark marks. Help!!!!

TheNewMrs. · 11-13-2009, 09:07 AM

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Today is my second day on met and last night I was as sick as a dog. I tossed, turned, and sweated all night but am glad I have some tips now for dealing with it.

Thanks Cysters

I'm with ya. Took my first pill (only 500mg ER) at 6:30 PM with dinner and last night was AWFUL! I'm eating 1/2 cup yogurt, 4 oz apple, and have added cinnamon and ginger to the yogurt for breakfast. Basically all carbs, yet "lighter" ones, if you will. Someone mentioned yogurt being good, so hopefully this helps.

It's a common breakfast for me anyway.

Anyone know if you feel better keeping something in your stomach at all times (jsut smaller meals, low fat/low carb)?? Seems to me it'd help, but I do not feel like eating at all.

SharaKate · 11-16-2009, 04:22 AM

So, I just began taking Metformin last week (currently at one 750mg tablet per day until my system regulates and then up to two) every day with lunch and every night without fail I'm bloated and horribly crampy/gassy. I try to watch the carbs and if I do have any, it's whole grain and very little sugar and little to no greasy foods so I'm not sure what's causing it. I only had diarrhea one day. I've read a lot of the posts and some talk about teas, and others fiber chewables, etc but I'm at a loss as to which I should start with.

I don't want immodium as rather than having diarrhea, I almost have the opposite problem...I'm not as 'regular' as I was before I began taking the medication. The gas and pain, however, are driving me crazy and with Thanksgiving coming up, I don't want to be in constant pain. Any suggestions? Do I need to contact my Endo yet? Or does it take more time to become normal again?

Can I just say I hate this medication?

TheNewMrs. · 11-16-2009, 08:29 PM

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Any suggestions? Do I need to contact my Endo yet? Or does it take more time to become normal again?Can I just say I hate this medication?

I don't have any answers for you as I just started taking it too. I had the bad diarrhea the first day with nausea, pain, cramping, etc, but from the second day on, I've been great. I do agree that I think I may be a bit more constipated than before too. I haven't had too much, if any gas and bloating (that wouldn't be normal) either and I've actually ate way more carbs and fat than I'm used to!!

As for contacting your endo, I know that Met can take up to 3 months to get used to...SO, from the sounds of it, you have a while. I think most people get used to it sooner than that in my experiences in working with diabetics who take it. I know my ob/gyn made me promise to call her if the side effects "got too bad." I asked specifically what she meant by that and we agreed on "too much to handle."

I didnt want to be giving up on it too soon, yet I didnt want to be throwing up 24/7. I'm tolerating it VERY well, though, so that's been good.

Sorry I'm not more help. I guess my suggestion would be to eat yogurt (to make you poop) and wait it out a while (unless things get much worse).

cre13 · 11-19-2009, 09:43 PM

I am on Met 500mg 3x/day, I'm now on Day 5 and the diahrrea gets worse by the day. It happens about 45 minutes after I eat WITHOUT FAIL and at least once in the middle of the night. And when it hits me, there's no warning. The scary thing is, it is so watery and appears to have chunks of what I ate in it. As of this morning, I had lost 4lbs. I'm constantly nauseated and I am hungry but when I try to eat, the food turns my stomach. I pick at my food and that just isn't normal for me. I have been on Metformin before but I think it was the XR. I'm on Met for the Insulin Resistance, not necessarily because I'm ttc. I've been told it's possible I'll be on it for the rest of my life. Oh! And I have heartburn and frequent burping, too. It's miserable ... but I know I must continue taking it so that I can get over the initial stages of my body getting used to the med. I just hope it doesn't last for 3 months!!!!!!

TheNewMrs. · Yesterday, 08:59 AM

Good luck with it! Could you try the Met ER? I know that is supposed to be easier on your tummy. I'm on the ER and aside from the first night and one other random night, I've been perfectly fine - no changes whatsoever.

And I'm not so sure what it was about the two random nights that I had lots of nausea, gas, cramps, stomach pains, and diarrhea...I can't find anything specific that I ate which would have caused it.

cre13 · Yesterday, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by TheNewMrs.

Good luck with it! Could you try the Met ER? I know that is supposed to be easier on your tummy. I'm on the ER and aside from the first night and one other random night, I've been perfectly fine - no changes whatsoever.

And I'm not so sure what it was about the two random nights that I had lots of nausea, gas, cramps, stomach pains, and diarrhea...I can't find anything specific that I ate which would have caused it.

The first month I was on Met, I was on the ER, when I got it refilled they didn't give me ER at the Pharmacy so I called them on it because the pills were different and they had to call the doc b/c they were just filling what the prescription said and the doctor said he made a mistake by writing it for ER in the first place and doesn't want me on it ... who knows! I don't know what the difference is, why one is better than the other for specific cases. I definitely didn't have the side effects that month that I'm having now. I just thought it was because it wasn't working for me!! lol...

TheNewMrs. · Today, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cre13

The first month I was on Met, I was on the ER, when I got it refilled they didn't give me ER at the Pharmacy so I called them on it because the pills were different and they had to call the doc b/c they were just filling what the prescription said and the doctor said he made a mistake by writing it for ER in the first place and doesn't want me on it ... who knows! I don't know what the difference is, why one is better than the other for specific cases. I definitely didn't have the side effects that month that I'm having now. I just thought it was because it wasn't working for me!! lol...

Well, the ER means "extended release" so basically it's breakdown lasts quite a while compared to the regular dose of met which is more dissolved, broken down, and absorbed quicker...making ER easier on your system. Thinking about it, it's easier to tolerate little bits of 500 mg over 24 hours than one whole lot of it.

And just because you don't feel side effects of met, definitely does not mean that it's not working. That may actually mean it's working better since your system *could be* better used to it.

But either way, I wish you luck. My ob/gyn gave me the ER and I'm assuming we're all getting met for the same reasons. Not sure why he'd give you the regular, but not the ER. Now I'm curious! I'd think it'd do the same thing in the end.