metformin

I have been having ongoing stomach complaints, so have been going through teats, scans, colonoscopy, bloods which all came back clear. The doctor is suggesting it could be the metformin and to come off them and see, but I have been low carbing for 3 months and my hbaic results have reduced from...

i was told 6 weeks ago that I type 2 diabetes, and was put on Metformin that day, I now take 500mg 3 times a day. Dose anyone else really suffer with side affects. I have really bad stomach cramps and pain I get the runs and I am being sick as well.

My 3 monthly blood sugar has recently jumped from 6.5 to 12.8 and despite increasing Metformin to 200mg per day and 160mg of glicazide in a morning my daytime sugars are still in the 9.5 and above region. They are usually okay first thing in a morning. I have been recently diagnosed with...

Hi, I'm on Metformin, specifically: Glucophage/Prolonged Release, Metformin Hydrochloride. When I was on the previous stuff, the ordinary Metformin, the doc said "no alcohol". I've read the leaflet for this version, and that is a little vague about alcohol. So I wondered if anyone else here has...

In a recent large data analysis, Dr. Jill P Crandall of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City discovered that taking metformin over many years may cause Vitamin B12 deficiencies. B12 deficiencies may lead to nerve damage, anemia, dementia, pregnancy complications, as well as other...

please could anyone help me. I have type 2 diabetes and taking metformin 2x500 per day. I now have dreadful lower back pain Around the kidney area. I have read that metformin can cause this pain. Please can anyone assist me. I am struggling with Having upset tummy also. I am very much trying to...

I suffered with occasional IBS for 40 years before my T2 hit me. I suffered it on and off after T2 started and then really badly ~5 years after starting taking Metformin. when I mean badly I mean level 7 of the bristol stool scale (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_stool_scale). I...

Hi everyone - I'm Charlie. I'm a type one, and take novorapid with everything I eat, on a 1u-10g after 10am and before that, 1u-6g basis, with 44 degaldec. Last month my doctor started me on Metformin (just 500mg) to take with my evening meal, but each and every time - without fault - I've been...

Have taken metformin and a slow release version (Glumetza). I realize many people take it, but I cannot. It clearly induces severe flank and lower back pain to such a severe degree that it is completely debilitating. Cannot get out of a chair or out of bed without much help. Pain levels of...

My son has been insulin dependent for the past 14 years. At his last clinic appointment he was prescribed Metformin to take long term as well as insulin, has anyone had experience of this? The side effects look nasty so we are very hesitant to start on the tablets.

Just been diagnosed with Vitamin B12 deficiency after having had intermittent peripheral neuropathy problems - I have been booked for six vitamin B12 injections over two weeks. Can anybody tell me what these injections will be like? Richard