It seems from reading the forum, lots of folk suffer side effects, some being far better on extended release, as
@Riva_Roxaban said, also best taken with food. I was 'lucky', as I got ER straight off & thankfully didn't react. Hopefully you have those too & fingers crossed will be fine. Once you're back on track & have tamed the dragon again, you can carry on without. Good luck!
Well… it is a common human trait to complain rather than praise. Just look at how many people complain about their banks on the web rather than those who have perfectly good service but don’t write about it
it skews the metrics, so looks worse than it is. There is a clear group on here who had bad issues with it. Which happens, don’t get me wrong and no one should put up with that. However the majority I suggest are fine with it. There is a reason it is so often prescribed and that’s because it generally is well tolerated (for the sake of balance I am aware it is also probably one of, if not the, cheapest T2 starter drug too). It also does have an impact, it can drop a couple percent (which is point drop, not a ratio reduction) which isn’t bad but a big mistake many doctors make is prescribing without explaining it doesn’t cure all, it needs dietary change too. For many and please browse, dietary change reduces the need for it for many and some come off altogether. It does support some improvements in general leaving some diabetics to continue a low dosage.
over a decade myself on slow release and no issues. My slight intolerance to normal as I recall wasn’t as significant as some report but it was better for me on slow release
Every drug has potential side effects. Metformin amongst them but remember, there are other diabetic drugs that have significantly worse
so yeah, don’t write off due to potential issues. But be aware and if you are unfortunately affected, make sure you get support and hopefully your medical team will be as supportive as mine have been
