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Metformin and the flu
Maybe I am being your typically over-worried mother here, but I am wondering if there are any concerns about being on Metformin when you have the flu. My 20 year-old daughter has been on Metformin for PCOS for two years. She is showing symptoms of the flu, and to make it harder on me, she's on an internship in Florida, so I can't even "see" the symptoms. She tells me she has fever, headache, sore throat, dizziness, vomiting, and general achiness. Should she stop taking it while she's sick? Thanks for any help and/or reassurance you can give me!
Sue
Sue
Thank you for the information - that eases my mind about that question. Since it was a Friday night, I didn't want to bother her doctor with questions that were probably minor. I told her last night she probably needs to see a doctor if her symptoms get worse - she sounded terrible last night, but ibuprofen did help with the fever and achiness. Sort of worries me that where she is living there has been a lot of cases of swine flu. Anyway - thanks!
Metformin should have no side affects when being sick. However if she goes to see a doctor, she needs to make sure she tells them she is taking Metformin because some antiboitics cause serious side affects. I've been sick many times while on Metformin and never had to stop taking it (advice from the doctor himself).
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