Metformin side effects

[zaphod37]

Hi,
I have been on maximum metformin SR dose for a good few years, however, last year or so I keep getting chronic bouts of diarrhoea. I then have stop taking metformin and to take loperamide for a couple of days until it stops. After a week or so of starting metformin again the cycle repeats itself. I am absolutely drained, I am so scared to leave the house lately just in case.

I have an appointment on Wednesday with my gp to try and find an alternative drug, hopefully one that dosent have diarrhoea as a side effect.

Just wondering about anyones experience with alternative drugs.

Thanks

 

[Patrick66]

I am sorry to read this. The only side effect I had when taking the SR was chronic stomach ache that built up over a number of years. They switched me to Dapagliflozin last year and the side effect of that (for me) has been the worst bouts of thrush imaginable...and you urinate for England.
I would certainly speak to my GP though as perhaps you've built up an insensitivity to the Metformin.