Recent Content by kathiehayhoe

Unfortunately I can't say anything good about Metformin. I tried the ordinary and the slow release but bowel problems with both were dreadful. I had 4 years of suffering before I stopped taking them. I was on holiday and was spending all my morning on the toilet so I made the decision to stop...

I had awful trouble with Metformin for 4 years. The diarrhoea was terrible and came on suddenly. I had a colonoscopy because they thought I had a bowel problem. There was nothing wrong. I went to Italy and couldn't leave the villa for 2 days and decided to stop taking the Metformin. All problems...

I was also put on Simvastatin and endured nearly two years of cluster headaches and migraines. I had a MRI scan of my head and have taken many tablets to try and eradicate the headaches. I had to stop the Statins to try and sort out what was problems with IBS and low and behold the headaches...

My doctor told me that Robitussin is the sugar free cough medicine

I was diagnosed with Type 2 in Sept 2009 and put on Statins in Jan 2010. Since then I have had problems with not only muscle cramps but also a huge increase in migraine/cluster headaches. I have a persistent headache that then manifests as a migraine and it seems to have only started since...

I have been having leg cramps and I also take Metformin. If I stop the Simvastatin the cramps disappear and when started again back come the cramps. The statins have now been changed to Atorvstatin and so far the cramps have not come back. Is it the Metformin ot the Statins?