Metformin odd side effect question

[Woody]

I realize metformin is a wonderful drug but I have a verry unusual
reaction to it. The
two times I have tried it it has caused me to GAIN weight. Most of the
articles I have
read on it never indicated this happen. I did however see one article
just saying that
it almost never hapened. In my case after losing weight slowley for
about 3 months
I started metformin. After being on it for about 2 weeks my slow
weight loss stopped
and then during the next 2 weeks I gained a few pounds. The only drugs
I take are
Diovan for high blood pressure and Byetta for my diabetes. My last A1C
was 5.8 .
I have made no changes to my diet and exercise but gained a little
weight. I know
it's not suposed to do this but in me it did. Any ideas why this could
have hapened?

[Janet]

Woody wrote:
> I realize metformin is a wonderful drug but I have a verry unusual
> reaction to it. The
> two times I have tried it it has caused me to GAIN weight. Most of the
> articles I have
> read on it never indicated this happen. I did however see one article
> just saying that
> it almost never hapened. In my case after losing weight slowley for
> about 3 months
> I started metformin. After being on it for about 2 weeks my slow
> weight loss stopped
> and then during the next 2 weeks I gained a few pounds. The only drugs
> I take are
> Diovan for high blood pressure and Byetta for my diabetes. My last A1C
> was 5.8 .
> I have made no changes to my diet and exercise but gained a little
> weight. I know
> it's not suposed to do this but in me it did. Any ideas why this could
> have hapened?

In another thread you said you've lost 25 lbs in 3 months. That is NOT a
slow wieght loss. Weight loss tends to slow down over time just because
there is less of you for your body to haul around. You may just have
gotten to a plateau. Or maybe you are retaining water. It is hard to say.
Certainly, I've never read that metformin is known to cause weight gain.
Quite the reverse.

[A Moose in Love]

On Dec 19, 7:00*am, Woody <dlaz...@numail.org> wrote:
> I realize metformin isawonderful drug but I haveaverry unusualreaction toit. Thetwo times I have tried it it has caused me to GAIN weight. Most of thearticles I haveread on it never indicated this happen. I did however seeonearticlejust saying thatitalmost never hapened. In my caseafter losing weight slowley forabout 3 monthsI started metformin.After being on it forabout 2 weeks my slow
> weight loss stoppedand then during the next 2 weeks I gainedafew pounds. The only drugsI takeareDiovan for high blood pressureand Byettafor my diabetes. My lastA1Cwas 5.8 .I have made no changes to my dietand exercise but gainedalittle
> weight. I knowit's not suposed to do this but in me it did.Any ideas why this couldhave hapened?

No, but everyone is an individual remember. We are all different. I
have gastroparesis. I'm supposed to lose weight. But I started to
gain weight when I first got that disease. Eating roughly the same.
And the worse my gastroparesis gets, the more I tend to gain weight.

[Susan]

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On 12/19/2011 7:00 AM, Woody wrote:
> I realize metformin is a wonderful drug but I have a verry unusual
> reaction to it. The
> two times I have tried it it has caused me to GAIN weight. Most of the
> articles I have
> read on it never indicated this happen. I did however see one article
> just saying that
> it almost never hapened. In my case after losing weight slowley for
> about 3 months
> I started metformin. After being on it for about 2 weeks my slow
> weight loss stopped
> and then during the next 2 weeks I gained a few pounds. The only drugs
> I take are
> Diovan for high blood pressure and Byetta for my diabetes. My last A1C
> was 5.8 .
> I have made no changes to my diet and exercise but gained a little
> weight. I know
> it's not suposed to do this but in me it did. Any ideas why this could
> have hapened?

If you're eating a lot of carbs, metformin will make your insulin more
effective at storing the extra glucose that produces by stuffing your
fat cells with them. At least, that's what an endo told me.

If you're insulin resistant, cutting carbs and using metformin will
usually produce weight loss as long as you're not overeating in general.

Susan

[Julie Bove]

"Woody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I realize metformin is a wonderful drug but I have a verry unusual
> reaction to it. The
> two times I have tried it it has caused me to GAIN weight. Most of the
> articles I have
> read on it never indicated this happen. I did however see one article
> just saying that
> it almost never hapened. In my case after losing weight slowley for
> about 3 months
> I started metformin. After being on it for about 2 weeks my slow
> weight loss stopped
> and then during the next 2 weeks I gained a few pounds. The only drugs
> I take are
> Diovan for high blood pressure and Byetta for my diabetes. My last A1C
> was 5.8 .
> I have made no changes to my diet and exercise but gained a little
> weight. I know
> it's not suposed to do this but in me it did. Any ideas why this could
> have hapened?

I gained weight on it too.

[Julie Bove]

"A Moose in Love" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Dec 19, 7:00 am, Woody <dlaz...@numail.org> wrote:
> I realize metformin isawonderful drug but I haveaverry unusualreaction to
> it. Thetwo times I have tried it it has caused me to GAIN weight. Most of
> thearticles I haveread on it never indicated this happen. I did however
> see onearticlejust saying thatitalmost never hapened. In my caseafter
> losing weight slowley forabout 3 monthsI started metformin.After being on
> it forabout 2 weeks my slow
> weight loss stoppedand then during the next 2 weeks I gainedafew pounds.
> The only drugsI takeareDiovan for high blood pressureand Byettafor my
> diabetes. My lastA1Cwas 5.8 .I have made no changes to my dietand exercise
> but gainedalittle
> weight. I knowit's not suposed to do this but in me it did.Any ideas why
> this couldhave hapened?

No, but everyone is an individual remember. We are all different. I
have gastroparesis. I'm supposed to lose weight. But I started to
gain weight when I first got that disease. Eating roughly the same.
And the worse my gastroparesis gets, the more I tend to gain weight.

I have it too and I gain weight. Or at least can not lose.