59 patient evaluations for Metformin

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Aug 30, 2012 (Started Aug 19, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Moderate (for Overall) (diarrhea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 25, 2012 (Started May 10, 2012)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (upset stomach)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: There are other options available.
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 30, 2012 (Started Oct 22, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (motion sickness)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 850 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Sep 1, 2008 (Started Mar 01, 2008)

  • Effectiveness
    Slight (for polycystic ovary syndrome)
  • Side effects
    None (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Usually
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 500 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Apr 22, 2012 (Started Jul 16, 1999)

  • Effectiveness
    Major (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (severe diarrhea for 2 years, chronic diarrhea)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Somewhat hard to take
Advice & Tips: this medication worked well in helping to control my diabetes but the whole time I was taking it I had severe diarrhea which means if I had to go out I had to plan my trips around gas stations with a bathroom that I knew where the washrooms were at because there would be no time to look for one so my doctor put me on insulin.
  • 0 helpful marks

Mar 6, 2012 (Started Jul 01, 2007)

  • Effectiveness
    None (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (nausea and vomiting, fatigue)
  • Adherence
    Never taken as prescribed
  • Burden
    Very hard to take
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 6, 2012 (Started Jul 01, 2004)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall) (low blood sugar (hypoglycemia))
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 500 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

Feb 10, 2011 (Started Mar 10, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for Support nutritional health)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall) (stomach pain)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    A little hard to take
Dosage: 2000 mg Daily
Advice & Tips: severe stomach pain
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks

May 24, 2011 (Started Aug 24, 2010)

  • Effectiveness
    Can't tell (for Diabetes Mellitus)
  • Side effects
    Mild (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 500 mg Daily
  • 0 helpful marks

Aug 12, 2011 (Started Mar 16, 2009)

  • Effectiveness
    Moderate (for diabetes type 2)
  • Side effects
    Severe (for Overall)
  • Adherence
    Always
  • Burden
    Not at all hard to take
Dosage: 1000 mg Daily
Cost: < $25 monthly
  • 0 helpful marks
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