I couldn't take them - made me run to the loo unfortunately and made me feel vaguely nauseous from the word go. They are unfortunately known for their ability to upset the tummy!Can I just ask, when anyone first took metformin, if you experienced any nasty stomach problems (on the first day of taking them) My stomach was fine and dandy this morning, got home from docs, popped a pill with a bacon roll (low GI from Lidl) had a nap with littlun then woke up with the most awful stomachso not sure if was the roll or the pill?! (And i can't remember how I was with the pills when I had them 2 years ago )
Yeah that' what I was like yesterday, even worse when I was trying to settle the littlun to sleep. It' quite tricky trying to get somewhere fast, whilst trying to be super quietI couldn't take them - made me run to the loo unfortunately and made me feel vaguely nauseous from the word go. They are unfortunately known for their ability to upset the tummy!
I remember the pharmacist saying that you had to start on a very low dose and to gradually get used to them. Yuk - they wouldn't have done me much good anyway since I get spikes due to the steroids I take. Good luck for you.Yeah that' what I was like yesterday, even worse when I was trying to settle the littlun to sleep. It' quite tricky trying to get somewhere fast, whilst trying to be super quietnot too bad today though, just making some really strange noises (think stranger things series 2 )
Did you get prescribed anything else?I couldn't take them - made me run to the loo unfortunately and made me feel vaguely nauseous from the word go. They are unfortunately known for their ability to upset the tummy!
Did you get prescribed anything else?
It's the age old "if we change the delivery method we can renew the patent on our profitable drug that went generic and stick it to the patients some more." Or make a combination of 2 generics and call it something new and charge up the a#* for it.There is a slow release version of Metformin that is supposed to be kinder on the tummy. However, in most people (not all) the tummy issues go away after a week or two.
I had already been prescribed Gliclizade as well which I tolerated without a problem. I seem to be getting now to the point where I don't need it (after over 4 stone weight loss). I have been having a few hypos lately and have begun to drop one of the Gliclizade now (I was only on 40mg twice daily)Did you get prescribed anything else?
I know not everyone will agree with me but I think you should be in in a hospital speciality don't get me wrong most for thing gp are great but when you suffer with an illnesses you want to see the best person for the job and GP have to be a master of nothing but have to know little bit about everything the way it's going cancer will be under GP only I know that's a bit of an exaggeration but you'll never know
Not sure that's quite right. You make it sound as though GPs are not as qualified as a hospital specialist and that is far from the truth. My grand daughter has nearly completed 5 years as a med student and is about to start on 2 years Foundation at which point she becomes a junior doctor. Only after that she will she train as either a GP or as a specialist hospital consultant - several more years on top of the 7 she will have done already.
Really you've answered your own question as you said your granddaughter is trying to be a doctor and then at some have to specialise iver as a GP or as a specialist in one fieldNot sure that's quite right. You make it sound as though GPs are not as qualified as a hospital specialist and that is far from the truth. My grand daughter has nearly completed 5 years as a med student and is about to start on 2 years Foundation at which point she becomes a junior doctor. Only after that she will she train as either a GP or as a specialist hospital consultant - several more years on top of the 7 she will have done already.
Here it's similar: 4 years college, bachelor's degree. 4 yrs med school, medical doctorate degree. 3-5 years "residency" in your specialty (3 yrs internal medicine was what I did, at a different university from the medical school). Then you would be a specialist in internal medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, ENT, radiology, whatever. Then we can subspecialize and do a "fellowship" (mine was cardiology, 3 more years). Others include endocrinology, rheumatology, pulmonary, GI, oncology. You pay to go to college and med school. A "cheap" state university college of medicine costs $30,000/ year, private schools twice as much (no scholarships). But you earn a living wage as a resident and fellow. Then a lot more after that.Not at all, it would be a very narrow field if everyone was a 'specialist ' in everything. My grand daughter, like all the other medical students had to go through a huge selection process to get into med school in the first place, so they are already top of the tree before they start. [And she's not trying to be a doctor, she is one, or will be in February!]
You make it sound as if a GP is an easier option and second rate to being a specialist whereas all students have to go through the same process for 7 years, then they can decide to be a GP or a specialist and it is more years again before they get there.
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