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Taking 500 mg metformin twice a day from last 15 years now I am 32 year old. Now I am facing diarrhea (loose stools) if I stops metformin my digestion works good, I think its a side effect of long term metformin dose pls help me thanks my blood sugar level is under 170 pp, fasting 120, random 80-100 hba1c 6, pls help me.
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Long term usage of oral anti diabetic drugs do have some adverse reactions rarely ,to be evaluated thoroughly.
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