Comments from another Metformin victims – Direct from a well-known National Diabetes Blog! Member says: “Explosive Gas. My dr had me start on 1 x 500 mg for 7 days, then 2 X per day for 7 days, then finally up to the full dose of 500 mg 3x per day. The side effects were horrible on the first 2 days, then again the first day of 1000mg, and the first week of 1500 mg. I found sandwiching them during a meal helped the most (a few bites, the drugs, then finish).I took some pepto-bismol or gas-x [...]

Are You Riding The Metformin “Side-Effect Roller Coaster,” – Some Thoughts About Getting Off The Side Effects Roller Coaster Often Starts Here For those of us diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic, the shock of having this disease can be overwhelming. Here you are running these Dangerous High Blood Sugar Readings’ and did not know it, what a lifestyle shock. The good news is that you do understand the dangers of diabetes and are there to take action. Then BANG, you have Serious Side Effects from the [...]

Diabetics on Metformin are often shocked and surprised by the Explosive Side-Effect of diarrhea that they experience almost immediately.  (-Occurring in up to 53.2 percent of people, study below.) Listen to the “voice of just one shocked individual” from a national blog, reaching out for help.   DOES THIS Blog Entry SOUND FAMILIAR? “I am on 500 mgs of metformin 3 x per day. I first took it last night at 10 p.m. and every eight hours thereafter, so today was my first full day of being on [...]