I filled the prescription for the Metformin and I read all of the information that came attached. Incidentally, it's the same information as all of the webpages I read last week, except for the ominous line, "Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects." That just creeps me right out. Lactic acidosis? Yikes. I've seen A Few Good Men. I know what lactic acidosis can do. Just ask PFC William Santiago.
I also don't like friends' reports that they had diarrhea and/or were dizzy for the first several weeks of taking the medication. I think it would be a phenomenally bad idea to be dizzy when I drive around the crazy streets of Dorchester, Roxbury, and Southie all day. The idea of that happening makes me feel a little, well, dizzy.
I also don't like the idea that you're not supposed to drink alcohol when you take it. I mean, I'm not a big drinker but the idea of not drinking anything, at all, ever, is really unappealing to me. No glass of wine with special dinners? No beer with pizza? No drinks out with friends? Indefinitely?
I'm really /really/ not jazzed about this. At all. In fact, I think it would be safe to say that while I was able to fill the prescription, I'm not sure I can get myself to actually take any. I have serious dread.
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