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08-08-2008, 06:52 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3
| | | medicine making me sick?
my dr recently upped my dosage of metforim to 2000 mg daily. at the same time i have noticed that i started feeling sick and now i have been vomiting a couple of hours after taking it. i keep a check on my bs levels and they arent to low they are still a little high we still havent gotten them down to normal they run around 150 fasting. anyways has anyone else had a similar reaction. oh and yes i do eat when i take it. i made the mistake of not eating once and i wont do that again. |
08-08-2008, 06:59 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Planet Iowa
Posts: 94
| | | Sorry you are not feeling well. I didn't vomit but I felt ill from the very first day I was on Metformin and I still felt ill two months later when my doctor finally took me off it. It did seem to help somewhat with my very high morning numbers but it just wasn't worth it. |
08-08-2008, 07:15 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada
Posts: 2,173
| | Yes... I also was not able to stomach (  ) Metformin but I know there are folks here on DF who have had success... I believe by strategies to do with timing the dose(s) around food, splitting the dose etc... I'm sure they will chime in soon and I hope you are feeling better 
__________________ ~ Frank Metabolic Syndrome Dx'd March 2003. Pumping since April 2004. VSG 20th October 2008 Obesity and Type 2 are strongly associated. Most people assume that Obesity is the cause and Diabetes the effect. It is equally valid to suggest that the underlying metabolic disorder which leads to the Type 2 causes the Obesity. |
08-08-2008, 07:17 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
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| | | You might want to see if your doctor will switch you to the metformin ER (extended release). It peaks more slowly and some have found that it helps with the nausea. Also, are you taking it with food? You don't want to take it on an empty stomach.
When I took metformin, I noticed a correlation between "greasy foods" and nausea.
Hope you start feeling better soon!
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
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08-08-2008, 07:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oak Hill, VA
Posts: 645
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Originally Posted by princesslinda  You might want to see if your doctor will switch you to the metformin ER (extended release). It peaks more slowly and some have found that it helps with the nausea. Also, are you taking it with food? You don't want to take it on an empty stomach.
When I took metformin, I noticed a correlation between "greasy foods" and nausea.
Hope you start feeling better soon! | PrincessLinda has some good suggestions. I found ER caused less distress. You may also find splitting your dose to 2 or three times a day helps. Many people find that they need to ramp up their dose over weeks to be able to handle it. In my case, I could handle fat fine, but carbs caused problems. Metformin blunts the absorption of carbs, in my case that meant more carbs available to ferment producing sounds effects, bloating and a particularly disturbing smell. They don't call it metfartin for nothing.
Seriously tho, you may find particular foods cause problems. If you can adjust to metformin you should really benefit, it is one of the safest and most effective oral meds for type 2s out there.
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T2 since 7/05. 48 yrs. 5'11 195 lbs.
Exercise, very low carb diet
HbA1c 9/07 - 6.3%, 3/08 - 6.2%, 6/08 - 6.2% |
08-08-2008, 07:56 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Missouri
Posts: 5
| | | I take Janumet; my doctor said I should take the pill along with my first bite of food -- it doesn't control the BG spike if you take it any later. Unfortunately, it makes me mildly nauseated for a while. I feel fortunately that it doesn't cause anything worse. |
08-08-2008, 09:06 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Kansas
Posts: 353
| | I take Metformin 2x a day. In the morning it's 500mg and with dinner it's 100mg. I haven't experienced the stomach upset, but the loose stool shows up every 4 days or so. I actually depend on it now.
I hope you get to feeling better soon. |
08-08-2008, 10:41 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada
Posts: 36
| | | I used to take Metformin many years ago without too many problems. It did suppress my appetite and I lost a little weight while on it. Eventually it didn't work for me any more, and I went on to insulin.
I have read in other forums that some people recommend eating yoghurt with live cultures in it to alleviate the symptoms of nausea and bowel problems. You could try it. |
08-09-2008, 02:21 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Staffordshire UK
Posts: 121
| | I had horrendous problems with metformin and metformin ER, it caused stomach pains, irratractable vomiting, headaches and insomnia.
I've tried it 3/4 times with the same results.
Because of other illnesses it was better and easier for me to go straight to insulins and to stay on them.
And after 2yrs I roughly have good control with hba1c of 5.5%.
metformin can cause serious issues for some people, so if it persists see your Dr and get taken of it and onto something else, there are many other oral meds you could try
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Last hba1c: 5.3%
Regime: levemir & novorapid
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