Glucophage and lactic acidosis

[rainydays 10]

I have recently been diagnosed with pre-diabetes and have been put on glucophage. I have been taking it for about 2 months now. But now I am experiencing muscle pain in my right shoulder that radiates down my arm and makes even trying to write difficult. So I guess my question is, am I experiencing symptoms of lactic acidosis? I hope someone out there can help me, and answer my question, as to what I should do and even if anyone else has experienced such symptoms and what they did about it?

 

raindays

[HeatherP 10]

Welcome Rainydays. I'm not familiar w/ lactic acidosis, but you should definitely speak to your doctor about it. You might want to ask him/her about doing a blood test for vitamin B deficiency. VitB can affect the nervous system greatly. I had unbelievable pain in my shoulder and arm a few years ago, and although that turned out to not be the cause I was deficient.

 

Never be afraid to ask questions of your doc (or here) and I hope you feel better soon!

HeatherP

T1 for 13 years

[Jenny 10]

Welcome rainydays. I am not the only pre-d here now! anyhow, I take Actos and haven't had any problems with it so far. Never have taken Glucophage. I am sorry I can't answer your question better. I think talking to your doc about this is the best thing.

Here are a few linksabout acidosis related to Glucophage:

 

http://www.citizen.org/documents/wp701.pdf

http://www.diabetesmonitor.com/metf-qa.htm

(halfwaydown page on this one)

[rainydays 10]

Jenny,

Thank you for your response. I have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow. According to the paper that I get with my prescription, I am having a sever reaction to my medication. So I have stop taking it. I just hope that all the symptoms can be reversed, because it says that it can be life threatening. So I hope that everyone else on this site will be made aware.

 

Thank you,

Sharon

[Jenny 10]

Wow Sharon, I hope things get better. Let us know what the doc says.