stevetur
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- Location
- Devon UK
- Type of diabetes
- Type 2
- Treatment type
- Insulin
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- gameboys,xboxes etc, and the poor sods who use facebook etc instead of having a real life.
Hi PaulWhat medicine is good a alternative to metformin. I have horrendous side affects:
1. Diarrhoea
2. Nausea
3. lack of appettite
4. fatigue (in bed afer 8:30pm)
5. gas and Bloatness.
6. Mouth ulcers.
I have been on metformin for 6 weeks now. 500g slow release daily. Its not getting any easier infact might be worse.
I heard Forxiga is a good alternative ?
Paul.
I was put on metformin when I was first diagnosed as T2 some 25 years ago. I had exactly the same experience as you. after much arguing with my GP, I was put on rosiglitazone (no longer available) and although this stopped the original symptoms this brought a whole lot of others. In the end, I insisted that I was given insulin. and after a couple of weeks experimenting with dosages, I went on to live a normal life.
Metformin is a nasty poisonous substance, and should have been banned years ago. along with Statins.
The only reason for its continued use is that it is CHEAP!