That’s very interesting. My husband has been on Avandamet since he was diagnosed with diabetes and, even though his sugar and blood pressure readings are book perfect, he’s always extremely tired. I wonder why his doctor did not put him on Metformin first! I think I need to call the doctor first thing in the morning.
I hope you do. It not only can cause all the side effects I mentioned, but also severe swelling. Now I just take a 500 mg glucophage daily, 1/2 a 2.5 mg glyburide daily, maxide daily and my glucose is nearly normal all the time. Eating pretty much what I want, but careful of portion size.
Metformin (generic) really upset my system, so I switched to the real glucophage (more expensive, but worth it) and most problems are gone.