Felt really ill for a week or two and the only thing that has changed in that time has been my being diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Started on Metformin and increased the dose over three weeks. Thursday night/Friday early hours the Ill health was scary enough to call out of hours doctor! Cue faff with them doing 999 for an ambulance that was a bit pointmess at 5-10 this morning, only three hours away from my GP opening. I had a suspicion of what was wrong from a few Diabetes sites such as Diabetes UK and when I reeled off the symptoms he was quick to say what I thought. Lactic Acidosis! It can be triggered by the Metformin in about 1 in 300,000 cases and I am one of said number. Told me to stop them immediately, I had already done that after yesterdays dose. Negative is that there is no cure other than the bodies own defences clearing it in most cases over a period. American websites say there is a 50% mortality rate in Sufferers so that does concern me a Ickle bit! I have to say that, 2am and 29 hours after the last dose of the med' I do feel a lot better, still ill and scared but nowhere near as bad. Any other Diabetics on here that know anything about it, Lactic Acidosis?
