I was prescribed a diabeties drug called metformin

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anyone know what is that?The doctor says it is to stop weight gain from my olanzapine…

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It’s a very common drug for type 2 diabetes. It’s also known by the old brand name, Glucophage.

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I’m on 1500mg metformin a day. No side effects for me. Although you might have a little stomach upset for the first few weeks.

Edit: abilify raised my blood sugar so that’s why I’m on it.

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@Gtx1990 do you have a risk of diabetes? I was pretty sure you were very thin. Did you recently start Zyprexa? I’m sorry for all the questions.

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@Jonnybegood I used to be on abilify but I decided to stop abilify as I wanted to see if I will recover.Unfortunately I didn;'t and have relapse.Now I am not as thin as I used to be,sad to say,i have gained 8-9kg since on my new medication zyprexa but I think everything is still okay

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I am on 800++mg,no side effect so far.

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I am 2000mg Metformin a day.
It helps keep my weight an bloodsugar under control