Advice needed please re diff brand of Metformin

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Poppyqueen

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Hi everyone, I’ve not posted for a while, as everything seemed to be going along well. Hi had the usual problems when I started on Metformin with a bad stomach but it settled down after a couple of weeks. This month my Metformin came in a different box, and I’ve started with the same kinds of stomach upset. I’ve been to the chemist who said it’s the same brand just a different box, then he said it could be that something small has changed, so to cut the Metformin down from three to two for a few days and it will hopefully improve over the next couple of weeks. I live alone, and am feeling sorry for myself as I feel like I’m back to the beginning again. Has this happened to anyone else? Pharmacist told me not to take Imodium but I have an important event tomorrow so took Imodium today
 
Different brands of metformin can have different coatings or binding agents which people can react badly to, it is quite likely that it was a different brand if in a different box. The pharmacy should have a record of what was previously dispensed and that named brand should go on your prescription in the future, if indeed it appears that is the issue.
Do you still have some of your previous ones left to check on the actual foil wrap the pills are in what the manufacturer is.
 
He said they had just been sent a lot of boxes of the new ones, and basically I just need to get used to it again. the manufacturer is Teva
 
Poppyqueen said:
He said they had just been sent a lot of boxes of the new ones, and basically I just need to get used to it again. the manufacturer is Teva
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Is that the same as the previous ones. The product leaflet should show the other components so you can compare.
 
Sorry to hear that the change of formulation has upset your tum @Poppyqueen :(

I would guess that the active ingredient is the same, but there may be other minor differences in the way the tablet is made (eg if there are binders or some sort of coating?).

Some on the forum who use injections have had a site reaction not from their insulin, but from the trace of lubricant on the needles when a different brand was supplied, so it is completely possible to have a reaction to very tiny amounts of things.

Is it a Slow Release formulation that you are taking? If not it might be worth trying an SR version as those can be easier on the tum.
 
Over the years I have had many different brands of Metformin but my currently I am prescribed a named brand.
 
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Sorry to hear that the change of formulation has upset your tum @Poppyqueen :(

I would guess that the active ingredient is the same, but there may be other minor differences in the way the tablet is made (eg if there are binders or some sort of coating?).

Some on the forum who use injections have had a site reaction not from their insulin, but from the trace of lubricant on the needles when a different brand was supplied, so it is completely possible to have a reaction to very tiny amounts of things.

Is it a Slow Release formulation that you are taking? If not it might be worth trying an SR version as those can be easier on the tum.
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Thanks Mike, I don’t think I’m on a slow release tablet as I’d settled eventually on the original one I had. Will give this another week and if no better will speak to doc about changing to a slow release
 
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