[Diabetes-Talk] oral medications and blood sugar numbers

[sjryan2 at gmail.com]

Nausea alone does not constitute a low. Nausea is one of the potential side
effects of metformin. If you were put on the 2,000 mg at the very beginning,
you might want to ask the doctor if your dose can be lowered for a few
weeks. Usually nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea tend to go away fairly early
on. Then your dose can be raised again. Remember, I am not a medical
authority, just a person with diabetes sharing what was done for me, so
don't do this on your own. Talk with your doctor.

Sandi


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From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of David
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Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2022 6:26 AM
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Cc: David Andrews <dandrews920 at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-Talk] oral medications and blood sugar numbers

I take the same thing -- and dose, but this has never happened to me. 
I don't seem to notice effects of medication that much in general -- and I
am sure this varies from person to person.

Dave

At 10:38 PM 12/20/2021, you wrote:
>hello I'm a type II. diabetic and I take two thousand milograms of 
>metformin I split the doses between morning and evening. I'm finding 
>that there are times when I get very nausiated but I thought this drug 
>didn't lower blood sugars to low is this unusial? yesterday, I thought 
>I was going to be sick on the way home from church and someone gave me 
>a granola bar and it helped. just trying to find out if this can be a 
>typical reaction.


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