Recent Content by Matt_Vincent

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    Metformin

    IF any scientific research has been done on this subject it will have been done by the original licence holder & should have made its way into the leaflet which comes with the tablets. Who reads these? I would be wary of what my GP or pharmacist advises as I suspect they don't read them either...
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    Metformin

    I started on standard metformin which I found intolerable so was put onto slow release (Sukkarto) which I found somewhat better at first (one 1000mg tab per day). Over a period of several months the wind and bloating has come back with several urgent trips to the loo per day so I think you are...
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    How does anyone manage Metformin ?

    After years of symptoms, undiagnosed by my usual doctors, a new GP finally diagnosed type 2 diabetes and I was put on metformin, gradually increasing to 4x500mg tablets daily. At 3 I gave up as the side-effects were intolerable. I went back and was put on slow-release at 1000mg daily (one large...