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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

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I Just Got Out Of Hospital For Pancreatitis After Taking

I just got out of hospital for pancreatitis after taking met foreman for 3monthe with increasing diarea. This episode was over a 8 day period twords the end I was having diarea every hour or so. So I stopped the metforman on Tuesday and diarea stopped on Wednesday afternoon but I was to sick I went to emergency room. A1c was 9.8. I have been sick most of the 3 months of taking the metforman. After discharge I was told to continue my meds including metforman. Started with dinner on Friday evening. Sat. Blood was 119 in morning took metforman with breakfast started feeling tough in guts again 2 bouts of diarea Saturday. Took metforman with evening meal, by 9:00 PM diarea starts again 9 times by 8:00AM. Woke up in soaked with sweat bedding and feeling terrible again. Have not taken since Saturday PM diarea has stopped feeling better now but not good.
posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2016
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