I'm newly diagnosed diabetic and taking Metformin 500mg 2x a day. I have been taking it for about 10 days and have had the worse cramps and stomach pain! I'm not sure if it is my premenstrual, which never feels like this, or the new medication. Has anyone had stomach pains or cramps as side effect of Metformin? I'm also taking Lisinopril-HCTZ.
View 7 RepliesSo I am a type 1 diabetic where I take insulin injectables for my insulin needs. I have taken shots for as long as I remember, well now I am 15 years old and my mom is diabetic. I see that she takes pills for her diabetes. She says she is type 2 diabetic. I want to know why she can take pills and I have to take shots? She is on Metformin so I would like to forego the shots and take the pills.
I would like the effects of the Metformin so I know how it would help me with my diabetes. I want to start on it as soon as I can. I would be able to go places without having to take a shot all the time. I need to go to somewhere private and leave my friends when I do my shot.
With the medication I don't have to do that. Does anyone know about Metformin and can tell me about the side effects and stuff?
I just wondered if someone could give me some information on taking metformin with type 1 diabetes? I’m currently using lantus and everything seems fine with my bloods and I’ve got good control, but one of my friends is also type 1 and just started using metformin as well as her insulin. I’m just a bit confused cos I thought that was for type 2’s and wondered why she was taking it? Also, if she’s taking it, should I be? Or is it just specific people. If it means I’ve got less chance of getting other problems with my diabetes I’d take it, it’s just that no-one’s ever mentioned it me.
View 1 RepliesMy mum is a recently diagnosed type II diabetic and although she's tried to control it with her diet she's still ended taking metformin. She takes them with her meals like she’s been told, but she’s still getting sugar lows and feeling dizzy and shaky. She doesn’t drink that much and I can’t don’t know enough about it.
View 2 RepliesI have type 1 diabetes and take insulin for this. I have had diabetes for a long time and I am very use to my injection regime. My doctor has now said that I need to take metformin alongside, but I thought metformin was for type 2 diabetes.
View 2 RepliesI’m a type 1 diabetic and have been since I was 10. I got it after I’d had a virus so have been using and injecting different insulins since then. But recently my doctor has suggested that I start taking metformin cos I’ve had a few problems keeping my bloods okay over the past few months. I thought you didn’t need metformin if you were a type 1 diabetic – I thought it was just for type 2’s?
View 1 RepliesI have a doctor who wants me to take SR Metformin . I am a type 1 diabetic and I already take insulin. When I was 6 I developed it. I have taken shots since then. Now that I am 25 my doctor wants to see of Metformin will help me. I am a bit overweight and not skinny like I was in childhood. He thinks I will benefit from this pill. What do u all think? Is it a good idea to be on a pill along with the insulin I take? I don't know if anyone else who is type 1 does this too. It would be nice to know if I can be ok on both. What is SR? I have heard of Metformin but never with the SR in its name. I hope someone knows about this. I have a friend in Maine that has type 1 but doesn't need any pills to go along with his insulin.
View 1 RepliesI am still "technically" considered pre-diabetic. I take 500 mg of Metformin a day. Can anyone tell me what is the best time to take it? I have read several post that say to take it with the biggest meal of the day, is that the general consensus? Is there anything else I should consider?
Yesterday, I took my dose at the usual 6 o'clock, but I wasn't able to eat until around 8 (I know this is not ideal). My bg was still 143 until around 1:30 am.
I'm on Metformin for my diabetes but have lost weight over the past 2 years, at my last annual check up I expected they would review my meds due to the weight loss but they say that my blood sugars are good and they want to keep me on the Metformin as its working and doing its job well. Increasingly over the last couple of months I've been experiencing what only seems like 'low blood sugars' dizzy spells, extreme hunger pangs that make me experience nausea (like the morning sickness nausea that low blood sugars cause whilst pregnant) so I bought some test sticks for my glucose meter this week and have been testing since yesterday. So far it seems my blood sugars are on the low scale, not quite what you would call hypo levels but considering I've only taken them whilst sat at home or at my desk I would imagine they probably drop lower when I'm active. 3hrs after eating yesterday they were 4.1 (74), and this morning 1.5hrs after my morning coffee they were 4.9 (88), whilst I know these aren't that low I have read that some people suffer symptoms in the '4' range of blood sugars - I've been told that I will not suffer Hypos on Metformin, but with these readings I am starting to think that maybe I might be now suffering with low blood sugars even though I'm eating a well balanced diet throughout the day. Does anyone else experience symptoms at these levels or on Metformin?
View 3 RepliesI am a 18 year old and I have been a type 1 diabetic all my life, pretty much. I have been on insulin as long as I can remember and I was wondering about getting off of it and taking metformin. Or maybe not take as much insulin and take metformin to replace the insulin I don't take. It would be great to not have to take insulin as it cuts into my activities and my life. I hate to inject myself before every meal and it gets to be a pain. I would think that after all of the technological advances we have that type 1s can't have the option of taking a pill. What gives? What's the difference between taking insulin and taking a pill other than that a shot is painful?
View 3 Replieswhat is best metformin tablets for treatment of women type 2 diabetes that are available in india.
View 1 RepliesIs anyone controlling their bs with JUST metformin? I was recently told I needed to take invokana mixed with metformin and insulin. I had not been taking my metformin like I should so my readings were a bit high. But now that I'm regularly taking my meds, I'd like to know who is also and what keeps them within range. Avg bs 170s. Help cuz I don't want to take the others
View 8 Repliesi was diagnosed with diabetes type 2 on thursday 6 days ago i seem to have skipped the diet and put straight on metformin is this normal?
View 8 Replies6 months ago my Doctor suggested stopping my Metformin as my Hba1c's seemed to always be around the 35 level which I believe is about 5.4, just repeated my Hba1c after 6 months without any meds & it's gone up to 45 (6.3) I struggle with diet as have many allergies & can only eat a small number of foods which are mostly high car, I know when I see my Doctor on Friday she will ask if I want to go back on Metformin or carry on with diet control. I'm 43 & don't want to cause any long term health issues & with my limited food choice wonder if I'm better taking Metformin - any advice appreciated before my appointment
View 5 RepliesI am a type diabetic and I am taking metformin, gliclazide, and Byetta. Is this usual to have so many things to take care of my diabetes? It seems like it is overkill in my opinion. With having to watch my diet on top of it? Why watch my carbs when I take all of this medicine? Seems a bit odd to me.
What does everyone else take for their diabetes? I have been diabetic for almost ten years now and it seems that I get more and more medicine ordered and my insurance pays for it now but what about when I have to pay for it? It will be impossible to even think about it. And to pay for test strips on top of it.
Is there any way I can get off some of these meds? I don't see why I am on so many. I should be able to take just one and get by. Any ideas on what I need to say to my doctor about it?
Hi friends, I am taking metformin 500mg at bedtime from 11 days for type 2 diabetes, although my aic is 5.8 but on strip and lab test I was getting like 140 mg/dl (7.76 mmol/l) so my doc suggested this along with norvasc 10mg and zocor 10 mg for BP and lipids.
Long story short after taking for 11 days, my appetite vanished and I started feeling that my stomach is distended, and gases are blocked and severely constipated may due to small portion I was eating, almost half of my 1900 calories requirement. I have stopped metformin 500 mg from yesterday night, because the lack of appetite, nausea, gas block, severe constipation were making sick. Does stopping metformin would create any problem? I have tested glucose level at home gadget and its not bad morning fasting 118 mg dl and after moderate breakfast it was 140 after one hour. Still discontinuation after 36 hrs I feel bitter taste and slightly distended stomach but little gas out. Further I am also scared if this is not lactic acidosis ie severe nausea and little palpitation (may be due to anxiety)
let me add further, just checked my random (two hour after meal ) and its saying 245 mg/dl so I immediately took one tab of 500mg
I had diarrhea for the past 4 or 5 days and really not feeling well at all. Yesterday i got better and today i thought i should eat Activia and so i ate it and guess what i've got gas pain and it's like crampy to. I went toilet it wasn't watery stools but normal and now i'm feeling really stressed why i ate Activia. Plz can anyone on here tell me is Activia safe to eat and does it it give you cramps..
View 60 RepliesSo I was talking with a friend of mine who has diabetes like me and I told her that I was taking Metformin. She said she takes SR Metformin and I asked her what it was because mine doesn't say SR. She showed me the bottle of the prescription and sure enough it says SR Metformin. Does anyone know what the SR is in this prescription Metformin? Is it something that is new on the market? I wonder if I should be taking it too?
She doesn't seem to get the diarrhea like I do with Metformin. If that is the reason, I want to start taking it because I don't like some of the other side effects I get with it.
I hope someone can shed light on this. I would like to know more about it from other people . It is hard to know how pills act from reading the list of side effects that are listed on some websites. It is better to know first hand by other people.
I'm scared that all the sweets I crave and eat throughout the day will cause me to have GD.
but even worse, I'm wondering whether that could cause my baby to be born with type 1 diabetes? what are the effects of GD on the baby?
I'm having a hard time distinguishing between cramps from the intestines/stomach and slight cramps from my "female parts"... Sometimes I think that I have a regular stomach pain, but I'm wondering whether the pains could be slight cramping from my uterus instead? Right now I'm most likely just passed the ovulation and should have my period in about 13 days. Would slight cramping during this time be normal for someone in perimenopause?
View 1 RepliesI was curious to know about the medication called metformin. It is for diabetics to help their bodies secrete more insulin. But I heard that patients may also lose weight on it. Yes! It's true! I am a type 2 diabetic and I weigh about 260 and I think this medication would be great to have. I need to lose a bit of weight and this medication can help me two ways -- help me lose weight and lower my blood sugars. Has anyone else been on this medication and lost a lot of weight? I hope to lose at least 50 pounds so that I can see my blood sugars go down better. Maybe I don't have to watch my carbs so closely either.
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