Re: Suggestions on Metformin

[Guest guest]

Hi kelly,

My doctor has me on that doseage, and I take 1 1/2 pills morning and

evening, and 1 pill mid day. I am going to ask her if I can take it four

times a day (one late at night) because I tried this, and it seemed to help

with the night sweats.

mary

At 01:19 PM 10/28/2004, you wrote:

>Hi all,

>Saw my Dr. yesterday and he increased my metformin to 2000mg per day

>for now. He suggested two in the morning and two at night. I am

>wondering if any of you are taking it at different times? Like two

>in the morning, one afternoon, one bedtime?? Just wondering if it

>would make a difference at all by taking some in the middle of the

>day?

>Or if any of you have experimented with this and found one way

>better than the other?

>Thanks,

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[Guest guest]

I get my full dose of 1000 mg all in one pill with my evening meal. Doesn't

seem to cause lows and I don't seem to spike overmuch right before that,

either. Apparently my body does well parcelling it out. LOL

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[Guest guest]

Hi :

I've been taking 850 mg twice a day for about 6 years now of metformin. I

take one in the morning with breakfast and one in the evening after dinner.

This did well for me until about 5 months ago. At that point my blood sugar

started going up between 250 to 300. My doctor added 10 mg Avandia once a

day and now my blood sugars are around 135 average. My A1c is 6.4 I think.

Hope this helps some. I haven't really experimented with different times

taking metformin. I just take it when the doctor tells me to.

Ken GreyEagle

type 2

-- Suggestions on Metformin

Hi all,

Saw my Dr. yesterday and he increased my metformin to 2000mg per day

for now. He suggested two in the morning and two at night. I am

wondering if any of you are taking it at different times?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I take 1500mg of metformin. 1 at breakfast, 1 at lunch, and 1 with

dinner. My doctor told me it causes less stomach upset <diarrhea>

when spacing it out like this. And I think she is right because

sometimes if I forget to take it I will take 2 at once and sure

enough will get stomach upset.

...... Are you saying that metformin helps you with night

sweats? Kat