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Suggest An Alternative To Metformin

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Posted on Thu, 16 Oct 2014
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Question : Is there an alternate medicine for metformin which is easy on the stomach
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Answered by Dr. Vidya KR (-4 hours later)
Brief Answer:
Take metformine with food

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using Healthcaremagic

I went through your query and understood your concerns.

In metformine group, that's the only drug most commonly used. there are no other drugs in that group of antidiabetic medications. To reduce symptoms you can take metformine with food and if its not tolerable you can reduce dose by using other group of medication.

Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query.

Regards
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Suggest An Alternative To Metformin

Brief Answer: Take metformine with food Detailed Answer: Hi, thanks for using Healthcaremagic I went through your query and understood your concerns. In metformine group, that's the only drug most commonly used. there are no other drugs in that group of antidiabetic medications. To reduce symptoms you can take metformine with food and if its not tolerable you can reduce dose by using other group of medication. Hope I answered your query. Feel free to ask further related query. Regards