Comments on: Metformin and Other Diabetes Drugs https://healthhype.com/metformin-side-effects-actions-and-uses-in-diabetes.html Current Health Articles on Symptoms, Diseases and Treatment Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr. Chris https://healthhype.com/metformin-side-effects-actions-and-uses-in-diabetes.html#comment-68184 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:03:42 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=13084#comment-68184 In reply to Marion.

Hi Marion

If there was any adverse effect it would have been present two years ago when she was on this dosage. Worrying about the possibility of this dose two years later is quite irrelevant and difficult to assess now. The dose you mention is not abnormally high. At the same time some patients may experience an adverse effect with even a low dose. But the adverse reaction would have presented at that time. Your mom is quite elderly and the glucose response in long term diabetes, especially in such an elderly patient, can fluctuate and is often difficult to manage especially if there is poor compliance on the part of the patient.

]]> By: Marion https://healthhype.com/metformin-side-effects-actions-and-uses-in-diabetes.html#comment-67430 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:38:12 +0000 http://www.healthhype.com/?p=13084#comment-67430 My mom Marion, was taking 4 metformin a day for about a year and a half, maybe two years. She took I believe 500 mg twice a day. Could this dose cause an adverse effect? She is now 94, but was 92,93 when taking it.

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