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Advice on metformin

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Kittykat

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I have been taking metaformin for a month and a half and i am finding that it is making my ibs worst such as bloating and wind , can any one tell me if there is any thing i can take to ease this .
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Hi, Kittikat, afraid metformin is wellknown for the antisocial aspects you mentioned and a few others, sometimes you just have to run pretty fast to make it in time. If it proves to be a real problem ask to go onto the slow release which minimises this particular problem or with your current meds try altering time you take them. Taking before you eat can be helpful. as i'm only recently DX myself,perhapds others might have more advice or try looking thru forum as this has croped up before, best of luck, peter
 
hi kittykat after advice from this forum i solved the same problem by taking the metformin in between my meal instead of before my meal and also changed to slow release metformin done this for a couple of weeks and it seems to have done the trick bye for now :) :)
 
Hi there
I can totally feel for you. My IBS became so much worse on Metformin & then became unbearable with Glicklizide (sorry about spelling) & Siptigliptin. It became so unbearable i have had to give in & start Insulin instead, which started yesterday. I have been off the oral tablets for 2 weeks & my IBS improved overnight but the down side was i struggled with high sugars.

Good luck

Katy
 
Hi

I too have IBS and loads of things can make it worse or sometimes it just seems bad for no reason! When I first started taking it I have a very swollen belly (but not painful) for about four days and that happened each time I increased the tablets (by one more per week up to 4 a day).

I don't have any side effects now but always take them straight after a meal so my stomach is full as I have no wish to find out what they would do if it wasn't!

Hope this helps
x
 
hi ,
I too had terrible tummy problems with Metformin, I tried taking them during my meals and that has workled brilliantly i have no problems at all now.

Bernie
 
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