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:o can anyone help or has any one had any of the following reaction to your medication ive been type 2 for 6 months they put me on metformin 500mg twice a day .
when i was first told they said i was border line.
The problem now is that when ever i take my tablets about an hour and half later i feel light headed and dizziness, tired and mussles pains ie sore back and legs like jelly has any one else had this i would love to know :?
 
Hi gead,

The only side effects that metformin seemed to give me was the regular one relating in needing to race to the toilet. I hardly dared leave the house for quite some time! However, that eventually disappeared altogether.

Best wishes - John
 
Gead these could be a side effect of the Metformin which you need to see your GP asap about. Are you also taking statins ?
 
no i`m not on any statins only the metformin so you think it could be them they did say try and put up with it
 
This could be a serious side effect of Metformin. Please see your Doctor ASAP !

Do you test your blood sugar levels at all ?
 
yes the last one was 6.4 then it went up to 10.2 but that was before i eat anything in the morning i`v got an appoitment on friday but i`v tried an experiment by not taking it and i did not get dizzy or light headed so i`v stopped them for now
 
gead said:
yes the last one was 6.4 then it went up to 10.2 but that was before i eat anything in the morning i`v got an appoitment on friday but i`v tried an experiment by not taking it and i did not get dizzy or light headed so i`v stopped them for now
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This may not be what it is but when you see the GP ask about this:
Some people have developed a serious condition called lactic acidosis while taking metformin. Get medical help if you have any of these symptoms of lactic acidosis: weakness, increasing sleepiness, slow heart rate, cold feeling, muscle pain, shortness of breath, stomach pain, feeling light-headed, and fainting.

Probably best to stop for now till this is cleared up. Better to be on the safe side.
 
I'm on metformin (meant to be 1000mg) a day but my body can't take it so I stick to taking 500mg a day. Second time I have informed DN of this. Now on Linagliptin too. Body is fine with it. But when I was taking two metformin I was like Wallycorker above. Can't see how the 'wildies' helps anyone. So kept my dose at 500mg of metformin.
 
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