slcannon

I am getting ready to start a low dose of Avanda 2mg 2x/day. Has anyone experienced weight gain while on this medication.

RunnerDuck

I have been taking 4mg/day for ahhh... hmmmm. ALMOST 8 weeks now I think? I think I have been good about taking it ever since my last doctor's appointment.

I started taking it in January and gained 12 pounds so I went off and lost the weight pretty quickly with no changes to my diet or exercise (I already do pretty well there). So I stopped taking it. And then I had awful blood work and my doctor was mad at me for going off the Avandia and wanted me back on it so I went back on it and have been EXTRA good about my diet and exercise and this time around, no weight gain.

To be honest the first time around, all that weight gain may have been because while I was good in MOST parts of my diet and exercise, I went on something of a salt and vinegar potato chip bender (our grocery store had them buy one get one free) and I could have just put on a lot of temporary water weight & bloat from all the salt and grease. I don't know.

All I know is this time around I have no gained.

But I don't know yet what effect it is going to have on my hormones & cycles. I'm also on BCPs at the moment but I am hopeful things will be good when i go off them in 1 1/2 weeks.

eta - my doctor has me take my avandia at bedtime. He says if you take it at night it helps eliminate or decrease the bloating/weight gain effect the pill can have. Maybe you should ask if you can take yours all at night instead of twice a day?

eta again I think it's also possible that some of my weight gain was because I stopped nursing to go on Avandia and I think breastfeeding really helped me with weight loss/control. I didn't lose ALL the weight I gained in that period of time. I am still a few pounds heavier than when I was nursing.

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fawn

i was on avandia 4mg/day. then increased to 8mg / day.

I think i took that for more than 2months, and i did bloat..my face is visibly bloated I don' t like that drug... does metformin has the same Bloating side effect?

sandycheeks

I am on avandia, and My feet started swelling and still are. But my doctor told me to stay on it for 2 more months than go back on glucophage. I have also gained weight while on it, but I dunno if its the water retension or me over eating. I been through a lot lately 2m/c's and then Iq uit smoking so...

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