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- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
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Diet drinks - the artificial sweeteners taste vile.
Having to forswear foods I have loved all my life.
Trying to find low carb meals when eating out.
New posters to this forum get a potted 'how to help yourself'.
I think there may be scope for a similar 'new to Metformin' block of advice.
I have looked at the details on the website including the FAQ, and trawled through several pages of recent posts (search tool won't let me look for just 'Metformin' in post titles) but haven't found quite what I was looking for.
The kind of things I would like to know:
(1) How long after taking a pill will you know if you are going to have side effects from that pill?
* A few hours, in my case *
(2) How long after your first pill will you know if you are going to have side effects (1st pill, 5th pill, 10th pill)?
* After the first pill in my case *
(3) If you do start to have side effects, over a period of days do they start bad and get better, start mild and get worse, stay the same?
(4) If you do have side effects how long before you know if they are going to wear off or if your should consider SR?
(5) How common are side effects related to alchohol?
* Reportedly very rare *
(6) How common is loss of appetite?
(7) How long does the effect of one dose last? For example with statins Simvastatin is supposed to be effective over several hours, but Pravastatin is supposed to be effective over 24 hours or more. If you are one one dose a day you need to know this to plan the best time of day to take the dose, based on when your meals are and what your general blood sugar looks like throughout the day. Or split the dose in two or more over the day.
* In my case, so far looks as though the effects last a full 24 hours *
(8) How long before you see a noticeable change in your BG? {Assuming you already have a reasonably stable BG.] Immediate, a week, a month?
I am sure you get the idea - a guide to what it might feel like starting Metformin so that you have some idea if you are having the usual response or if you are doing better or worse than usual.
It is always the unknown which causes the most anxiety.
Cheers
LGC
I think there may be scope for a similar 'new to Metformin' block of advice.
I have looked at the details on the website including the FAQ, and trawled through several pages of recent posts (search tool won't let me look for just 'Metformin' in post titles) but haven't found quite what I was looking for.
The kind of things I would like to know:
(1) How long after taking a pill will you know if you are going to have side effects from that pill?
* A few hours, in my case *
(2) How long after your first pill will you know if you are going to have side effects (1st pill, 5th pill, 10th pill)?
* After the first pill in my case *
(3) If you do start to have side effects, over a period of days do they start bad and get better, start mild and get worse, stay the same?
(4) If you do have side effects how long before you know if they are going to wear off or if your should consider SR?
(5) How common are side effects related to alchohol?
* Reportedly very rare *
(6) How common is loss of appetite?
(7) How long does the effect of one dose last? For example with statins Simvastatin is supposed to be effective over several hours, but Pravastatin is supposed to be effective over 24 hours or more. If you are one one dose a day you need to know this to plan the best time of day to take the dose, based on when your meals are and what your general blood sugar looks like throughout the day. Or split the dose in two or more over the day.
* In my case, so far looks as though the effects last a full 24 hours *
(8) How long before you see a noticeable change in your BG? {Assuming you already have a reasonably stable BG.] Immediate, a week, a month?
I am sure you get the idea - a guide to what it might feel like starting Metformin so that you have some idea if you are having the usual response or if you are doing better or worse than usual.
It is always the unknown which causes the most anxiety.
Cheers
LGC