Metformin?

Question

I am takeing Metformin. I read the info. on this drug when the doctor gave me the prescription. It says that it can be used as a weight loss supplement. One of the side affects on this drug is dirrea. Is thats why they say it's a weight loss supplement because it gives you dirrea and keeps you running to the bathroom?

Answer 1

I am on metformin also, it does help people who are insulin resistant lose weight because it helps your body use sugars more effectively!

Answer 2

Metformin does keep you running to the restroom adn is part of the reason it can make you lose weight, but the main reason it is given is due to insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes, and when your body starts processing the insulin better, you don't tend to hold onto the weight as easily.
Hope it works for you, and for most people, the bathroom trips will get better with time.

There's also another form of this medicine that I find easier on the tummy called fortamet, it's a little more expensive, but I find it worth it.

Answer 3

I took it for about 6 months and lets just say I stayed in the bathroom. After every meal and in-between as well as in the middle of the night. It was forever interrupting everything I did. But I continued to take it cause I was trying to get pregnant. I'm a big person and in 6 months I did not seem to loose any weight at all. My weight loss started after I became pregnant. If you start to have this problem my best suggestion is cottonelle wipes.

Answer 4

I suggest you go to www.webmd.com and look it up.
My husband takes metformin for diabetes. It is used to regulate sugar when the body's ability to process sugar is faulty. I've not heard it used in conjunction with weight loss, but I'm not a pharmacist or doctor.

Regarding diarrhea, it might cause it, it might not. Many drugs can cause either diarrhea or constipation. We can help ourselves in this area through diet.

Look it up and ask your doctor for an extra minute or two to give you a fuller explanation of what is going on.

Answer 5

It will at first cause you to "go" a lot, this passes pretty quickly once your body adjusts to the med. It helps in the long term with weight loss because it helps your body to use sugar properly...a common cause of weight gain is your blood sugar levels not processing efficiently. Causing extra weight gain.
Keep in mind that if you don't want to be pregnant take extra care when taking this med. It helps you with ovulation cycles as well.....

Answer 6

Yes Metformin will give you diarrhea, but no that's not why they say it is used as a weight loss med, it's because theres something about it that decreases your appetite. But primarily it is used to in diabetes. But it does have an appetite suppressant in it.

Answer 7

Diarreha is a side effect of almost any drug because it something new being introduced to your body. Everyone reacts differntly and its just a safe bet that the drug producers make. Hope this helps.

Answer 8

yes it makes you clean your body in order to lose the weight,

Answer 9

You may be overweight because your body makes too much insulin, especially if your store your fat primarily in your belly. When you eat, your blood sugar level rises. The higher it rises, the more insulin your pancreas releases. Insulin makes you fat by acting on your brain to make you hungry, your liver to manufacture fat, and the fat cells in your belly to fill with fat. So the treatment for this type of obesity is to avoid foods that cause the highest rise in blood sugar and to take medications that prevent your blood sugar levels from rising too high. Avoid bakery products, pastas and all foods made from flour, fruit juices and everything with added sugar. Eat fruits and root vegetables such as potatoes only with meals.

After you eat, sugar goes from your intestines into your bloodstream, and then immediately into your liver. Then your liver releases sugar back into your bloodstream to cause your blood sugar level to rise. To keep blood sugar levels from rising too high, your pancreas release insulin into your bloodstream. Insulin makes you hungry all the time and causes your liver to convert extra calories to fat and it constricts arteries to cause heart attacks. You need insulin to keep blood sugar levels from rising too high to cause diabetes, nerve damage, heart attacks, strokes and kidney damage. Glucophage reduces sugar release from your liver to prevents blood sugar levels from rising too high, so your body doesn't need to produce as much insulin that makes you hungry and causes your liver to make fat

Glucophage lowers insulin levels , prevents many of the side effects of diabetes and can be used by people who want to lose weight. However, Glucophage is not effective when your blood is acidic from excess lactic acid and recent research shows that exercise, which raises lactic acid, does not cause blood acid levels to rise enough to reduce Glucophage's benefits . Glucophage, itself, does not raise blood lactate levels and is therefore considerably safer than doctors originally thought. Since Glucophage lowers insulin, diabetics should be placed on Glucophage to lower their requirements for all other medications used to treat diabetes