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I've been on metformin for 6 months now and it still makes my stomach hurt w/ diarrhea, nausea and shortness of breath it's bad. what do i do?
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See your doctor: If you are taking Metformin for diabetes then you have other options as well. The symptoms that you have described are the number one reason why patients have to be taken off this super drug.
Answered 6/26/2014
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