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Shrike47

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24. On metformin 10 plus years for type II. A little diarrhea if I eat excess fats. A1c 5.9. Love it.

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Wed Dec 11, 2019, 12:05 PM

Dec 2019

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Has anyone been prescribed or taking metformin? Do you have side effects? [View all] mfcorey1 Dec 2019 OP

I took two doses and had blood in my urine. Stopped taking it immediately. stopbush Dec 2019 #1

for diabetes? Demonaut Dec 2019 #2

Gas pain xmas74 Dec 2019 #3

My wife takes it; no side effects DavidDvorkin Dec 2019 #4

Me. mac56 Dec 2019 #5

My mom took it for years and did well on it. Lost quite a bit of weight which she loved. OregonBlue Dec 2019 #6

It's a drug with long positive moonscape Dec 2019 #7

I've been taking it over 10 years dumbcat Dec 2019 #8

I'm prediabetic. I've been using it for months with no ill effects. phylny Dec 2019 #9

Wife takes it sarisataka Dec 2019 #10

Stopped Taking It Diabetes Gone Keto Diet DanieRains Dec 2019 #11

My husband had a stroke. After hospital stay, put him on almost KETO. It's been 3 years onecaliberal Dec 2019 #28

Oh Jeebus. Metformin is very old and cheap. "Pharma" is not a monolith. Humans Maru Kitteh Dec 2019 #31

Medication-bashing is popular among the kale-and-I-wash-my-hands-a-lot crowd. Aristus Dec 2019 #36

I'm insulin resistant and started it a month ago. xmas74 Dec 2019 #40

Metformin is on the $4.00 list at Walmart. xmas74 Dec 2019 #39

The diabetic diet is NOT suitable for controlling diabetes, as a general rule. Ms. Toad Dec 2019 #43

I have been taking this medication for years Gothmog Dec 2019 #12

It threw my wife's liver enzymes out of whack BannonsLiver Dec 2019 #13

I had a doctor who said he thought everyone should take Drahthaardogs Dec 2019 #14

I had been taking nykym Dec 2019 #15

One 500mg tablet a day COLGATE4 Dec 2019 #16

2 850mg per day. No noticeable anythings. UTUSN Dec 2019 #17

I take it once daily with evening food. No effects I can detect. BSdetect Dec 2019 #18

No side effects here, but my dose is once a day... Hekate Dec 2019 #19

1000 mg a day for 10+ years. Greybnk48 Dec 2019 #20

500 mg a day for the past 10 years. kskiska Dec 2019 #21

My wife takes the XR Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2019 #22

It got my A1c, fasting and postprandial numbers all under control. No ill side effects here. Maru Kitteh Dec 2019 #23

On metformin 10 plus years for type II. A little diarrhea if I eat excess fats. A1c 5.9. Love it. Shrike47 Dec 2019 #24

No issues spinbaby Dec 2019 #25

Metformin XL causes less gas and diarrhea. lynintenn Dec 2019 #26

Taking it for a year. An occasional upset stomach has been the only side effect. Eugene Dec 2019 #27

I take 1000 mg 2x per day meow2u3 Dec 2019 #29

I went on Keto-16 with Intermittent Fasting. Lost 75lbs, BP and sugars normal, fatty liver repaired. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #30

Those BP numbers have an extremely narrow pulse pressure. Incompatible with life Maru Kitteh Dec 2019 #34

Thanks, Maru. I provide guidance for a few locals who are Type-2 and a former co-worker who's Type-1 TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #35

I've been taking Metformin about 15 years... NewDayOranges Dec 2019 #32

Metformin has been in use for more than 90 years. Jane Austin Dec 2019 #33

To read abstracts of the reasearch google mahina Dec 2019 #37

It can cause depletion of B12. Patterson Dec 2019 #38

Oh boy, and how! Chronic Diarrhea so bad I had to stop it. Pathwalker Dec 2019 #41

Under scrutiny for what? LisaL Dec 2019 #42

Biggest side effect (as you're getting used to it) Dorian Gray Dec 2019 #44