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2. Is There a "Best Time" to Take Metformin? - AOL

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   Stomach and bowel issues can be metformin side effects, especially when you’re first starting out. If you work from home and are close to a bathroom, you may be fine taking your meds at any time.

3. 7 Benefits of Metformin (Including Weight Loss) - AOL

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   The most common side effects are gastrointestinal (everyone’s favs: diarrhea, bloating, stomach pain, gas, indigestion and constipation). These affect up to 30 percent of metformin users.

4. Here’s How to Know If Your Metformin Is Working or Not - AOL

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   “You can also try taking it with food instead of on an empty stomach.” Sometimes that is enough to settle the symptoms and you can slowly increase the dose after a week or two as recommended ...

5. Dumping syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Osmotic diarrhea, distension of the small bowel leading to crampy abdominal pain, and reduced blood volume can result. Late dumping syndrome occurs 2 to 3 hours after a meal. It results from excessive movement of sugar into the intestine, which raises the body's blood glucose level and causes the pancreas to increase its release of the hormone ...

6. Metformin - Wikipedia

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   Common adverse effects include diarrhea, nausea, and abdominal pain. [16] It has a small risk of causing low blood sugar. [16] High blood lactic acid level is a concern if the medication is used in overly large doses or prescribed in people with severe kidney problems. [23] [24] Metformin is a biguanide anti-hyperglycemic agent. [16]

7. Abdominal distension - Wikipedia

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   The first step in diagnosis is to determine the etiology of abdominal distension. After making a differential diagnosis of abdominal distension, it is important to take a careful medical history. [9] Here are the most common causes of abdominal distension classified as an underlying cause and as a secondary disease. As an underlying disease cause:

8. How Long Will It Take to Lose Weight on Metformin?

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   It can take a little while for metformin to change the numbers on the scale. Weight loss is a slow-and-steady game. ... Stomach pain. Headache. Metformin can also cause a vitamin B12 deficiency ...

9. Fecal vomiting - Wikipedia

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   Fecal vomiting occurs when the bowel is obstructed for some reason, and intestinal contents cannot move normally. Peristaltic waves occur in an attempt to decompress the intestine, and the strong contractions of the intestinal muscles push the contents backwards through the pyloric sphincter into the stomach, where they are then vomited. [3]