Question: I take metformin 500 mg ER and have been for about 10 days. I wasn't properly informed about the drug. I had a large portion of sherbet, which had approximately 40 grams of sugar. I didn't worry about that because it was fat free and thought that it was ok. I immediately, after eating, got extremely tired and fell asleep. I remember walking around in a coma like state, dreaming and was told I was acting very weird and saying things that didn't make any sense. in my mind I was acting out in my dream. I was also told I would go to different rooms and just stand there muttering words. When I awoke I had a terrible headache, didn't know where I was, and many other weird feelings of being lost. I was also sweating profusely. Any thoughts? I take morphine 100 mg er three times daily and dilaudid 4mg 4 to 6 times a day for bleed through pain for XXXXXXX pain and for back and joint tissues along with many other meds. [approximately 18 others]

First off, what is transient inchemia? 2 weeks ago is when I was first told that my blood sugar levels were around 265. also, about 3 months past my skin from my torso to upper body were getting small, white patches about the size of a tic-tac. They didn't make the skin rise but if you ran your hands over them you could feel the small lumps. I have a blood specialist, XXXXXXX med Dr., a Neurologist, a dermatologist, a cancer and hematologist, and a transplant specialist and no one can tell me anything. They all say that they have never seen them before and tell me that it's probably just a reaction to all the meds that I have to take. I take two different blood pressure meds, pancrealipase for my pancrease, vitamins, nitro when needed, Phenergan, Xanax for anxiety, cyclobenzaprine for muscle spazms, xifaxan 550mg twice daily, Celebrex, Prilosec 40 mg twice daily and two laxatives, one stool softener and 100 mg of morphine 3 times daily with 4 mg of dilaudid for bleed through pain. I don't know where to go from here. hopefully this added info will help you answer those two ailments of the blood sugar and the white patching of my skin with the small lumps you can feel when you run your hands over it. thank you..... XXXXX

Dr. Choudrhary,
I had a brain scan approximately 3 months prior which showed a white area in the largest vessel in the brain, according to the neurologist. She didn't seem that it was a problem because of where it was located. I had a Doppler of most areas of the body where they put the gel on you and run a wand over that to look for blockages and was told it looked ok. I did have neuropathy. I did the HbA1c test which is where I got the number of 265. The dermatologist had me do a 12 hour urine catch while fasting and nothing was found to explain the white splotching. I don't have the ability to upload photos. If you can picture my skin having small, white splotches or dots that don't rise above the skin. But if using a little pressure on the skin you can then feel them. I don't know what else to say. I'll be anxiously waiting for your response. Thank you for your time. XXXXX

Hello, one last time. I forgot to tell you that about the same time these patches started appearing I started taking 4 pumps daily of androgel 1.62% daily because my testosterone was 12. My left pectoral has swollen and is painful only if it gets touched. that's how I found out about the low testosterone. It is swollen from fibrous matter only and is not any danger and with the lowness of my clotting factor is not worth the chance of removing it. Could that med cause the splotching?