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<blockquote data-quote="Mike IBS" data-source="post: 937205" data-attributes="member: 177457"><p>Hi all and apologies to the OP for a slightly different question on this thread rather then starting afresh.</p><p></p><p><strong>I would like to known when you would expect the metformin side effects of upset stomach and diarrhoea to kick in?</strong></p><p></p><p>I was diagnosed type 2 in mid April and started off on one metformin per day rising to the current dose of 4 a day which I have been on since approx. end of May. I take 2 straight after breakfast and 2 straight after evening meal.</p><p></p><p>Two weeks ago I had stomach cramps which I still have on a daily basis and I have diarrhoea every 3 days.</p><p></p><p>In 2008 I was diagnosed with IBS but after cutting out the "6 sandwiches a week" diet, my symptoms all but disappeared and now I can go weeks or even months without an IBS episode.</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I went to my GP as I have never had an IBS episode last this long and I was thinking it may be something more sinister. She told me to take my maximum dose of IBS tablets for the next 3/4 days and if no better to come back and see her as she would consider changing my metformin to the slow release version.</p><p></p><p>Any comments regarding "how long after you started taking metformin did your stomach cramps/diarrhoea kick in " would be most appreciated as I feel that If metformin is the cause would it have kicked in long before now?</p><p></p><p>Yesterday I also had my first 3 monthly blood results back and the nurse was very pleased that I had dropped from 10.7 to 7. I have also lost 10kgs in weight by cutting out sugar, cakes, pastries and other high calorie foods so this bout of cramps and diarrhoea has put a downer on what otherwise has been an ok first 4 months of being a diabetic (if there is such a thing as ok being a diabetic).</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p></p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike IBS, post: 937205, member: 177457"] Hi all and apologies to the OP for a slightly different question on this thread rather then starting afresh. [B]I would like to known when you would expect the metformin side effects of upset stomach and diarrhoea to kick in?[/B] I was diagnosed type 2 in mid April and started off on one metformin per day rising to the current dose of 4 a day which I have been on since approx. end of May. I take 2 straight after breakfast and 2 straight after evening meal. Two weeks ago I had stomach cramps which I still have on a daily basis and I have diarrhoea every 3 days. In 2008 I was diagnosed with IBS but after cutting out the "6 sandwiches a week" diet, my symptoms all but disappeared and now I can go weeks or even months without an IBS episode. Yesterday I went to my GP as I have never had an IBS episode last this long and I was thinking it may be something more sinister. She told me to take my maximum dose of IBS tablets for the next 3/4 days and if no better to come back and see her as she would consider changing my metformin to the slow release version. Any comments regarding "how long after you started taking metformin did your stomach cramps/diarrhoea kick in " would be most appreciated as I feel that If metformin is the cause would it have kicked in long before now? Yesterday I also had my first 3 monthly blood results back and the nurse was very pleased that I had dropped from 10.7 to 7. I have also lost 10kgs in weight by cutting out sugar, cakes, pastries and other high calorie foods so this bout of cramps and diarrhoea has put a downer on what otherwise has been an ok first 4 months of being a diabetic (if there is such a thing as ok being a diabetic). Regards Mike [/QUOTE]
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