Type II diabetic? Take Actos? I did for years, until it stopped my breathing......after ambulance ride, during 3-day hospital stay, all 8 heart tests came back normal...can't wait for that bill!.....except with diuretics, I lost 23 (!!!) Pounds of water weight in 3 days....enough load to keep my heart from pushing air into my lungs! If I had not dialed 911 when I did, goodbye all.
There are plenty of supplementals available to your Metformin, tell your doctor to switch you now!
I was told it was a "rare side effect", yet met another person who had the exact same thing happen less than a week later....she was in her 40's, had been on Actos for years. same as me
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It’s scary, having such a bad reaction!
I couldn’t take Metformin at all: ended up passed out on the floor. My glucose was so labile, they started me on Lantus insulin. That’s all I use for the diabetes and it works very well.
CarolinaGirl60
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June 17, 2018
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My mother in law is on Gliclazide and has been for many years without ill effects, you might ask about using that instead?
LenHazell53
Level 9
June 17, 2018
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Thanks, , I am doing well on whatever they changed it to. Just cannot believe they are still using this stuff......in my 20-20 person karaoke group on Thursdays, I find another one who almost died from this "very rare" occurrence? Really!
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