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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AloeSvea" data-source="post: 2601487" data-attributes="member: 150927">My understanding is the fairly common side effects of metformin are gastro-intestinal, which is a fancy way of saying stomach pains of varying intensity, but usually mild, and flatulence. Nausea is fairly common as well, actual vomiting less so. Diarhea is less common, I believe, and from what I read in here - is very debilitating, as one can imagine. Folks that I have been close to who suffer a side effect of diahrhea become house bound for obvious reasons, and are at the least lucky if they can work from home! There is a lot of mopping up and laundry involved.My understanding is that if you have the more severe side effects one's medical professionals usually put you on an alternative medication, or as you say - try out the slow release one first before doing that.</blockquote>

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