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<blockquote data-quote="Litematter" data-source="post: 2257672" data-attributes="member: 523608"><p>Old topic just wanted to give my experience if helps anyone. Diagnosed type 2, 7.8 and put on metformin 500mg. Everything good till a little over a week. Pain in toes and balls of feet. Had never had any feet issues before then. Got worse as days went by, progressed to my legs/thighs, accompanied by intense burning in my feet, numbness with tingling and shooting pains. Could only sleep for an hour at a time. Would wake up and have to massage and lather lidocaine to get any brief relief. Couple more days shoulder joint pain, burning arm muscles with hardly any exertion, numbness tingling in fingers and fatigue. As this was happening I was figuring I had gone undiagnosed for to long and was suffering from nerve damage which gp also said. Decided to stop all meds and supplements except alpha lipoic. Was taking lisinopril, B, D, C, Calcium and krill oil. Three days later I was 60% back to normal. I could actually walk and get sleep. Couple more days almost back to normal. I started off just with the metformin since my BP wasn’t bad. After a week all the 1st symptoms were back and couldnt hardly walk again. So doctor declared me allergic and intolerant to metformin. Do not know if it was due to vitamin b deficiency or not since that usually takes a long time they said and wasn’t tested. Anyways good luck to everyone I don’t wish this type of pain on anyone and have new found respect for those who go through it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Litematter, post: 2257672, member: 523608"] Old topic just wanted to give my experience if helps anyone. Diagnosed type 2, 7.8 and put on metformin 500mg. Everything good till a little over a week. Pain in toes and balls of feet. Had never had any feet issues before then. Got worse as days went by, progressed to my legs/thighs, accompanied by intense burning in my feet, numbness with tingling and shooting pains. Could only sleep for an hour at a time. Would wake up and have to massage and lather lidocaine to get any brief relief. Couple more days shoulder joint pain, burning arm muscles with hardly any exertion, numbness tingling in fingers and fatigue. As this was happening I was figuring I had gone undiagnosed for to long and was suffering from nerve damage which gp also said. Decided to stop all meds and supplements except alpha lipoic. Was taking lisinopril, B, D, C, Calcium and krill oil. Three days later I was 60% back to normal. I could actually walk and get sleep. Couple more days almost back to normal. I started off just with the metformin since my BP wasn’t bad. After a week all the 1st symptoms were back and couldnt hardly walk again. So doctor declared me allergic and intolerant to metformin. Do not know if it was due to vitamin b deficiency or not since that usually takes a long time they said and wasn’t tested. Anyways good luck to everyone I don’t wish this type of pain on anyone and have new found respect for those who go through it. [/QUOTE]
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