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  1. julie131260

    I did it!

    Oh, it is so fantastic to read something like this! Very well done you! I was diagnosed recently with HbA1C of 112! After 8 weeks on Metformin it has started to make me so ill and miserable, I wished I never started taking it. I have stopped now. GP wants me to start on Glicazide, but I don't...
  2. julie131260

    Metformin Side Effects

    Thank you very much for your reply; I'll find out more when I see the GP. I feel miserable, and I think this is having an effect on all those around me! Hope to get back on an even keel soon ...
  3. julie131260

    Metformin Side Effects

    Thank you very much for your reply. I'm trying two tablets per day for the time being, until I get more advice from the GP and, hopefully, this will sort out my griping stomach.
  4. julie131260

    Metformin Side Effects

    Hello All I'm a newly diagnosed Type 2, female, 57 years old. I've been on Metformin now for 8 weeks, starting on 500mg once a day for a week, then twice a day for a week, and now 500mg 3 times a day. The only side effect initially was a bit of windiness. This last week, however, I have been...