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Moonglo
08-25-2009, 09:26 PM
Something's gonna have to give...

just upped my met xr to 500mgx4 at dinner, PLUS taking an antibiotic 3x day (including at dinner) PLUS taking an rx strength antihistamine for my sinus probs...

I feel like I'm gonna vomit by the time I get the 6th pill down at dinner. I know most of it is only for ten days, but geesh! And I am not good at swallowing pills... I end up tasting their coating and then I gag b/c of the horrible taste... not fun. at all.

I'm tempted to try to spread out my met, at least until I can quit taking the other stuff...

And this darn cold has still not gone away, my throat is still sore... and all I wanna do is get better so I can exercise, but still afraid to b/c I was really light headed saturday after working out and don't feel any better now than I did then...

ugh!

On a positive note, upping the met hasn't seemed to hurt my digestive system, nor has the antibiotic.
jtausch
08-25-2009, 09:29 PM
Split the met take half in the mournin at breakfast
Moonglo
08-25-2009, 09:32 PM
Thanks. That's what I was thinking of doing... but I feel better hearing someone else say it's okay to do that. I don't know why the doc wants me to take it all at once... but maybe it won't hurt to experiment for a few days. :)
genie86333
08-26-2009, 07:58 PM
Probably he's having you take it all at once because you *can* (since it's XR) but you don't *have* to.
Tribbles
08-26-2009, 08:26 PM
Split the met take half in the mournin at breakfast

I don't know about regular met but you shouldn't split XR tablets.
butterflykisses
08-26-2009, 09:00 PM
I don't know about regular met but you shouldn't split XR tablets.

Right. A lot of those tabs are coated to make them "extended". You should talk to the doc or pharmacist about whether you can split them. Online it says to swallow them whole and not to break crush or chew them.
Granny Shanny
08-26-2009, 09:03 PM
I think she can split her dosage without having to split any tablets . . . she's taking four pills at once. Just split the dose - not the tablets.
Moonglo
08-26-2009, 09:05 PM
Huh. I actually took that post to mean to split the number of pills, as in to not take them all at once, rather than breaking them in half. And I was planning to try spreading out the timing on them... maybe two at dinner, one at breakfast, and one at lunch or something. All I know is I definitely cannot take four of them with the amoxicyllin (sp).
butterflykisses
08-26-2009, 09:05 PM
I think she can split her dosage without having to split any tablets . . . she's taking four pills at once. Just split the dose - not the tablets.
well duh, lol :T
Moonglo
08-26-2009, 09:07 PM
lol... Granny's post was not there when I typed mine... oops :)

I finally got to exercise again tonight. Man it felt great!
butterflykisses
08-26-2009, 09:09 PM
lol... Granny's post was not there when I typed mine... oops :)

I finally got to exercise again tonight. Man it felt great!


That's great! Glad you're feeling better.
Granny Shanny
08-26-2009, 09:39 PM
lol... Granny's post was not there when I typed mine... oops :)

I finally got to exercise again tonight. Man it felt great!

Hee hee . . . sorry I bumped right into ya . . . we're all just stumbling over each other tonight! :D :D :D

Glad you're feeling good enough again for exercise! WooHoo!