Metformin With Meals?

[tpowell29210]

I have been taking metformin 1000 2X day for about 2 months and have achieved acceptable control. However I have been taking the metformin mid-meal and have lately been experiencing GI distress. I read an article today and it stated that metformin should be taken 15 minutes prior to a meal and no more than 30 minutes prior to a meal. Any comments or experiences to relate as to the timing of the metformin dose?

 

[lovinglife]

Those instructions sound like the ones for gliclizide not metformin, the patient leaflet in my met says "these tables should be taken with a glass of water during or after meals, the info in my gliclizide says take these tablets with a glass of water 15 minutes before food but no more than 30 minutes before