Metformin Side Effects for Diabetic

My mom said the first week or two she had stomach issues, after that her body got used to it. If you have been on it for longer than that, maybe you could ask for a lower dose?

I can't take more than 1000 mg a day. When I got bumped up to 1500, well, just forget it;I'm not willing to spend half the day in the bathroom. So some people can't take it at all, some can take the maximum dose very comfortably, some people have to make do on a lesser dose, but almost everyone seems to have at least some queasiness and diarrhea in the beginning and at any time the dosage is increased. Usually, if you're going to get used to it at all, a week or ten days later things start to ease. Usually. Definitely a YMMV thing.