What are the side effects of Metformin?
Most women complain about diarreah, stomach pains, nausea, metal tastes in the mouth. These affects generally last less than 3 weeks. They also tend to reoccur once you go up on the dosage. Taking it after the first few bites of meal or at the beginning of a meal tends to work pretty well. Some women have complained about the low carbing and metformin together at first are a problem. If you are looking at getting pregnant, some miscarriages have been reported, due to clotting factors. This is when metformin is combined with baby aspirin. This isn’t official, just something that has been noticed. However, metformin alone during pregnancy has not yet produced a problem. There is a life threatening side effect of metformin called lactic acidosis. It is so rare that only about 1 in 30,000 to 60,000 people get this problem. Basically, as long as you eat and drink normally (don’t starve yourself), make sure that you alert your doctor before taking any other medications with it or doing any m
