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My father is taking 4 metaformin a day and the diarrhea is makin him feel weak is there anything he can take ?
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Diarrhea: Diarrhea is a common side effect of metformin and 4 pills a day is a full dose. Perhaps backing off and adding basal Insulin or another class of oral meds is best approach.
Answered 6/25/2014
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