Has anyone had their dosage of metformin decreased?

[Mrs. Luther073082]

If so did doing that have any negative effects, like weight gain?

I have lost a bunch of weight since I first started taking metformin and lately I feel sick a lot. I'm wondering if I shouldn't get the dosage dropped a bit. My doctor mentioned doing that once and a pharmacist also said I could have it dropped gradually as I'm losing weight.

I go to the endocrinologist in September. If I keep getting sick I'm thinking about asking him but on the other hand I don't want to screw up my hormones by changing my dosage, either...

 

[Genuine]

What is your diet like?? While taking Metformin you should be eating a low carb diet. So hard to do, but it's worth it for the drug to really do it's job. Mine makes me somewhat sick feeling if I don't eat enough breakfast.

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to have mine increased from 1000mg to 1500mg. I'm hoping that this will work b/c I just really don't want to end up taking 2000mg (which is the cap). I started out taking 500mg and ended up loosing around 40lbs over a few months. But it was all low carb and high excerise and no fun!! LOL

 

[SweetBella]

it makes me very tired and weak so yes.

 

[abearswife]

I was on it , but for me, it just didn't show that it was working. So for now my doctor has scaled it back considerably. It did show that it worked years ago but for some reason hasn't hurt or helped me. But I'm probably an exception.

 

[Aibrean]

My doctor won't even put me on it.

 

[ScreamingTenderness]

HI, i just got on metformin, i dont know if it will work for me. I am worried it wont. i take 1500 a day. How long do you need to take it before you see a difference in your weight? i eat healthy and have recently tried to decrease my carb intake even more.