GLUCOPHAGE Reviews (METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 3.4 (586 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare GLUCOPHAGE with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR GLUCOPHAGE | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Hyper Insulinemia | Diarrhea the first few days until your body is used to it. When I didn't take the pills with food or milk I got a stomach ache | Take with food or milk - they're not kidding. | F | 18 | 4 years | 1/10/2006 | 5 | pcos | so far bloating...just started day 4 of 500 mg and increased to 1000 today. very bloated feeling no diarreah as of yet...cross my fingers! definitly a decrease in appetite. | My energy has increased and the brain fog feeling has gone away..newely diagnosed and its good to FINALLY figure out what was wrong with me and have some answers! Please Email me if you want support :O) | F | 33 | 4 days | 12/17/2005 | 5 | t2 diabetes | loose stools first couple of months. I have lost 40lbs on this drug-granted I eat differently but I know this has facilitated the weight loss. Blood sugars are great! | F | 43 | 8 months | 12/5/2005 | 2 | PCOS | Sweating(Not hypo); severe stomach pains and constant lack of hunger. | Only good thing is weight loss; I am sure thats whats its for... with all the s/effects... lol | F | 20 | 2 weeks | 12/5/2005 | 4 | Type II Diabetes | Dizziness, loss of balance, fecal incontinence, nausea, severe constipation, sweating, chills, body aches. It seems I have had the whole range. I too thought I had some strange disease. I have not yet reached a balance between constipation and fecal incontinence. Very, very difficult to deal with. Looking for a new job and wonder if I am able to do one..... | It has certainly settled my BS down into the 100 - 180 range all of the time. I don't eat sugar but otherwise eat a lot of what I want. | M | 53 | 90 days | 12/2/2005 | 1 | diabetes type 2 | I felt really sick -- thought I was dying of some mysterious disease. Meanwhile, my blood sugar was rising and diet and exericse didn't help. When my doc raised my dose of metformin it became immediately obvious that this was the problem. I posted 2 years ago and wanted to update. Please read comments on Actos. It was even worse. Now I'm going to do insulin. Nobody complains about insulin except for the inconvenience. They also say the needles are not anywhere near as bad as the levels testing. | Read my comments on Actos. It was even worse. | | 11/19/2005 | 1 | Type II diabetes | extreme gastro-intestinal distress. first pill caused no problems but was not controlling my blood sugars sufficiently. A second added pill in the evening started all the trouble. asked the doctor to put me on something else. | F | 69 | 4 months | 11/15/2005 | 3 | prediabetes | So much more energy but for the five-ten hours after taking - I itch all over and feel like I am cooking inside! | F | 46 | 4 days | 11/10/2005 | 5 | PCOS fertility | diarhea the first week after dinner and then none (500mg Metformin ER once a day) | I was pg the first month on it. It was my 5th month of Clomid. All of my pcos symptoms were gone within the first month (the hair took longer). | F | 26 | 4 months | 11/7/2005 | 3 | PCOS | On 500 mg I had mildly loose stools. Then I increased to 1000mg and I was really nauseated and had very loose stools for about 5 days. I am also extremely fatigued. I hope it gets better! | My appetite is definately less. I have had one period already, the other symptoms don't seem to be a lot different yet. Acne and hair are still around so far but I have only been on 1000mg for a week. | F | 27 | 3 weeks | 11/7/2005 | 3 | diabetes II | Diarrhea, bloating, gas, sour stomach | When I first started taking my A1c was 9.5, after one month of takeing Metformin, I lost 10 pounds, which I needed to do, but also had diarrhea almost daily, many days barely makeing the trip home from work to the toliet. Today, I will still get diarrhea and bloating, but that is generally after eating refined sugar. I have to food in my stomach every time I take a pill 850mg 3x a day or I will get stomach cramps | F | 48 | 1 years | 10/27/2005 | 5 | Type II Diabetes | Horrible at first! I had stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea, gas, nasty taste in my mough. So sick I tried to insist my doctor take me off it. This lasted about two months. | After initial side effects, I feel great! Glad I stuck it out. Glucophage is also, thankfully, available in a generic, unlike many other diabetes drugs. I am now taking Avandamet, which is Glucophage and Avandia together. I feel much, much better. My blood sugar is under more control. I have lost 12% body fat in two years, much more energy, but moved from desk job to farm job. Don't know if diabetes meds were a factor or not. | F | 46 | 3 years | 9/27/2005 | 3 | PCOS/Infertility | Tired, cold sweats at night, more cravings, head aches, and spacy. Recently the runs when eating out. | 200 mg CC didn't work, Metrodin and hcg resulted intriplets, so I would like to try glucophage to minimize multiple births. Hopefull!!!! | F | 32 | 14 days | 9/26/2005 | 4 | PCOS | Diarrhea the first 2 days | I already feel much better while on this medicine!! Side effects were very minimal, and I have easily dropped 5 pounds. Hunger is also decreased. | F | 21 | 2 weeks | 9/13/2005 | 4 | Type II Diabetes | Gas, Bloating, extreme stomach pain, loose stools, back & chest pain and gotta pee alot at night. | I have only been on glucophage for two days now and take 1000 miligrams a day with breakfast. I am glad to hear that some of my symptoms might disappear after a few weeks. I just can't hang the back pain for now and hope I don't get other symptoms. | F | 56 | 2 days | 8/31/2005 | 5 | Type II | Loose stool, gas | I've been on Metformin (generic form of Glucophage) for 5 years. It does control my Type II along with other medications. It causes gas, bloating and loos stools. I found that Wellbutrin XL along with this drug eliminates the stool problem. | M | 42 | 5 years | 8/28/2005 | 4 | Diabetes | Diarrhea almost immediately after meals, in multiple | Lost 10 lbs. in 2 1/2 weeks. | F | 31 | 3 weeks | 8/26/2005 | 3 | weight loss | the only bothersome effect so far is stomach bloat.The bloat keeps me eating less i guess | have only taken it for one week . I am drinking alot of water hopeing stomach bloat will go away | F | 39 | 1 weeks | 8/18/2005 | 3 | PCOS | Nausea, acid reflux (bad), very sleepy. Constantly thirsty. Most of the time not hungry, stomach to weak to eat. Then I get dizzy and have to eat something -- quick! Sleeping every 4-6 hours, or should I say can only stay awake for about six hours at a time. | I have not been taking this long enough to determine if it is helping. Week one I was on 500 mg with only slight side effects (thought I had gotten off easy). Week two up to 1000 mg per day, hoping these symtoms will go away soon. | F | 32 | 12 days | 6/28/2005 | 2 | PCOS | Shivering, chills, cold sweat drenched my T shirt, explosive sudden diarrhea when out in public (had to RUN to bathroom), tenderness in abdomen, could not eat most foods during taking this. Swollen colon and diarrhea lasted for months until they gave me Cipro which only caused MORE side effects which were lasting. Also the GLucophage raised my liver bilirubin. | Diarrhea likely due to buildup of bile salts from liver, accumulating in colon area. This caused diarrhea, with blood in it too. Almost like spastic colon, but I was healthy before this. Also raised my liver bilirubin to almost DOUBLE and may have put cysts in my liver too. | F | 42 | 20 days | 5/20/2005 |