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Appetite

Ange1a65

Well-Known Member
Messages
88
Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
Hi all, I have been diagnosed as type 2 for 6 weeks and been on Metformin sr for 3 weeks. I understand it has an appetite suppressant in it, but I can barely eat anything and the taste of food is horrid. All I can stomach is oranges and strawberry and not drinking much either, when before I was always good with my water intake. Just wondered is this normal and will it pass?
Thanks in advance
 
Hi. Yes for some like myself Metformin does affect taste. I had the fairly common metallic taste for up to 6 months but it does fade completely so try to keep going with it. I've now been on SR for 12 years!
 
I have been on metformin for just over two years and I Don, t recall having a taste in my mouth nor it affecting my appetite
 
I also was diagnosed 6 weeks ago and the doctor wanted to give me metformin but I refused as I have IBS and I didn't want more stomach problems. I have gone on the low carb high fat diet and my bag has gone from 20 on diagnosis to between 5.4 and 7.3 at most. Could u try this instead of taking metformin?
 
The best option is to do both.

Most find that Metformin side effects disappear over time.
 
I had the dilemma of having food taste like burnt plastic at the same time as I was trying to adjust my diet to suit my diabetes. It became impossible to do both so I stopped taking the Metformin. Lucky choice since the improvement with a diet change was significantly better than the Meformin achieved.
 
Yeh see how you go on it and if the symptoms pan out or not. You're new to it so most people tend to have an adapting period at least.

I was on metformin for about 5 years and I had symptoms the entire time.... daily nausea and diarrhoea. I had various dosage changes and even tried the extended release... no luck with improvement of symptoms. My docs insisted I had to stay on it though. The only reason I got taken off it in the end is because they found that my pancreas hardly produces insulin so I needed to be on insulin injections.

I hope you feel better soon.
 
Sometimes I think I was given a placebo rather than the real thing when I was taking Metformin, based on the miserable side effects some people have had
 
britishpub said:
Sometimes I think I was given a placebo rather than the real thing when I was taking Metformin, based on the miserable side effects some people have had
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Can you get side effects from a placebo? It might explain why, no matter what pill I am given, I get a predictable list of side effects.
 
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