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Metformin adversely affects me. I get severe gastric distress and cannot leave my house for fear of bowel accidents. My doctor took me off of Metformin at my insistence. He has offered no ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Praveen Jeyapathy
( Diabetologist)
Metformin adversely affects me. I get severe gastric distress and cannot leave my house for fear of bowel accidents. My doctor took me off of Metformin at my insistence. He has offered no ... View answer
,initially i was put on metformin and advised walking,i was having irritable bowl once i started using metformin,though i thought i will get used i always had this bowl problem whenever i had... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Sourav Ganguly
( General & Family Physician)
frequent bowel movements? I wanted to try to losing weight to reverse my diabetes instead of taking metformin . But I think maybe I should take the medication. ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shyam B. Kale
( General & Family Physician)
metformin with dinner and I take it at any other time I will inevitably have explosive bowel movements. When ... bowel movements. Before being on metformin I was always regular with no pain. Is... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Preeti Parakh
( Addiction Medicine Specialist)
Hi there! I have been on metformin for about 10 months now and recently I ve had bloody bowel movements, no abdominal pain. Blood persistent times 3 weeks. It get better then will bleed again. It s ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shinas Hussain
( General & Family Physician)
Hi, I recently doubled my metformin from 1000mg to 2000mg per day. Now I am sometimes constipated and, occasionally after a bowelmovement, I have a little surface blood in my stool and I feel a ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu
( Internal Medicine Specialist)
I take metformin for PCOS. I stopped it for awhile and recently restarted it. 500mg at bedtime and ... become more loose (I know it can cause diarrhea) but also a dark green. Is that normal? My guess is it is... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Vasudha Jayant Athavale
( General & Family Physician)
I have diabetes and I take Metformin, Glipizide ER, Sotalol, Lisinopril and Tradjenta. Here lately I have to wear diapers because I can t make it to the bathroom. Can a combination of these ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Abhijit Gadewar
( General & Family Physician)
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