Diagemet - any other tablets similar shape?

[gummybear]

Hello. I take Metformin for PCOS but I've been unable to get hold of Diagemet for a while. I've tried lots of other brands but the tablet shapes make me gag (I also have anxiety). Can anyone recommend another brand I could try that has a similar tablet shape? I take the 500mg slow release and the Diagemet ones are kind of oval shaped. Many thanks.

 

[Inka]

Welcome @gummybear 🙂 Have you tried asking the pharmacist? Speaking as someone who couldn’t swallow any tablets well into my teens, I’d say that it would be useful practising the technique - because it most definitely is a technique. I was afraid of choking or them getting stuck in my throat and the more someone tried to teach me, the more stressed I got. The answer was to teach myself. Definitely worth a try as sadly we often have to take more meds as we get older and many don’t come in liquids or certain shapes.

 

[grovesy]

Sukkarto SR are the same shape and look like the same size.(these are Prolonged Release Metformin)

 

[Lucyr]

All the brands of metformin sr that I’ve ever taken have been that shape, they’re never a round shape because of the size, always oval

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Welcome to the forum @gummybear

Hope you are able to find an alternative that you find it possible to swallow.

 

[grovesy]

I have had brands that have been quite large.

 

[Lucyr]

I have had brands that have been quite large.

They’re all pretty large but the oval shape. Here’s my current brand (brand changes every month), with 1 ibuprofen for scale.

 

[grovesy]

Your picture means nothing to me as I never take Ibrofen.

 

[Lucyr]

Your picture means nothing to me as I never take Ibrofen.

You weren’t the one asking the question though anyway

 

[grovesy]

You weren’t the one asking the question though anyway

No but you addressed me directly with the photo.