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02-02-2006, 01:35 AM
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Hi ladies! I just started Metformin today. I took my first pill about seven hours ago. Anyway, I'm just wondering if I'm going to start getting the GI side effects, when can I expect them to start? I don't want to be caught out and have a bathroom emergency! 
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02-02-2006, 04:39 AM
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It depends on your dosage but I didn't have any problems until a day or two after I upped to 1000mg and those lasted almost 2 weeks and then got better and better and now nothing. It helps so much if you avoid sugary stuff and the "bad" carbs. Whole grains are ok though. Good luck!
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It really does vary. I started my dose at 1500 mg and my problems didn't start until a week later. A big part of it depends on diet too.
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02-02-2006, 07:13 PM
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Well, yesterday I took 500 mgs with my lunch and was fine all day. I was naughty and had some mini cream puffs for dessert at a girlfriends house, and I kept waking up through the night with bad abdominal cramps. I'm not sure if the dessert had anything to do with the cramps or not. I took some Aleve and they went away. I haven't really had any nausea or diarreah. I just took my 500 mg pill with my lunch a little bit ago. I'm hoping I'm in the clear... I am supposed to increase to 1000 mg next Wednesday, but wondering if I should take 750 for a couple days before I jump to 1000. What do you think?
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hi
well, I started with 500, and then after a week I went up to 1000. I find that I'm ok with the met - unless I eat something I shouldnt. Like creamy/ greasey/ fatty - then I got Metformin Revenge.
All the best with the met.,
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