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<blockquote data-quote="nosweets" data-source="post: 1647073" data-attributes="member: 452871"><p>I was given Metformin when the GP said that I have diabetes. I had no problems before I started but on Metformin I was feeling sick and my feet started feeling as if I was stepping on cotton wool. I was then put on the slow release Metformin 1500 to 2000mg a day and Gliclazide which I took before meals. A few days after I was getting pain in my ankles and feet. It felt as if there were worms going through my blood vessels or being cut with razors and it was extremely painful. This sensation stopped when I stopped Metformin a few weeks later. They say these problems are supposed to go away but I was getting tingling in my extremities and I started not being able to feel my feet and lower legs. The consultant diagnosed a neuropathy in them. I started feeling my feet and upper legs when I stopped the Gliclazide. I had quite a severe reaction to Gliclazide. I tried a little metformin a few weeks after stopping the gliclazide but the sensations returned immediately. I remembered that there was nothing wrong before I started the drugs even though my fasting blood was at 17 mmol/l and HbA1c was extremely high. Before I started the drugs I had no problems with my feet. Thankfully the well feeling in my feet has returned after stopping these drugs about six weeks ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nosweets, post: 1647073, member: 452871"] I was given Metformin when the GP said that I have diabetes. I had no problems before I started but on Metformin I was feeling sick and my feet started feeling as if I was stepping on cotton wool. I was then put on the slow release Metformin 1500 to 2000mg a day and Gliclazide which I took before meals. A few days after I was getting pain in my ankles and feet. It felt as if there were worms going through my blood vessels or being cut with razors and it was extremely painful. This sensation stopped when I stopped Metformin a few weeks later. They say these problems are supposed to go away but I was getting tingling in my extremities and I started not being able to feel my feet and lower legs. The consultant diagnosed a neuropathy in them. I started feeling my feet and upper legs when I stopped the Gliclazide. I had quite a severe reaction to Gliclazide. I tried a little metformin a few weeks after stopping the gliclazide but the sensations returned immediately. I remembered that there was nothing wrong before I started the drugs even though my fasting blood was at 17 mmol/l and HbA1c was extremely high. Before I started the drugs I had no problems with my feet. Thankfully the well feeling in my feet has returned after stopping these drugs about six weeks ago. [/QUOTE]
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