Experience of Metformin HCl (Glucophage)

[mick_the_brick]

Hi Guys,

I'm after users of the above please..

Protocols used / expereinces etc..

(NOT guys quoting from books etc..)

Thanks
Mick

[hilly]

i have been using metformin on my refeed/cheat days while dieting with good results. i get an awesome pump. I also have started adding it to my medium day which is 2moro.

theirs a few threads on it and loads over on promuscle.com so have a look around.

[mick_the_brick]

Thanks for the reply mate..

Already done alot of research from a variety of sources including UKM..

I was after more personal opinions on the med TBH

[niknaknok]

hi mate
ive used it also and it does give you that fuller feel or pumped if you will.one thing though is that it makes me s**t bricks twice a day ?????????.i usually take 1000mg a day before meals

[hazard_mkd]

3 months of usage here..


keeps fat off.. gr8 pumps..

gastrointestinal upset if you take it on empty stomach..

took it 3 times a day, after carb meals.. 500mg..

it kills your appetite too..

i've also used it to induce ketosis in 2 days.. fcuk the 1wk hell you'd have to go through otherwise..


c ya.. ;)

[mick_the_brick]

Thanks lads..

Any more for any more??

[hilly]

I forgot to add i alsol used it to introduce ketosis in 2 days. worked well and much less dangerous than using slin.

[Bluestorm]

Really good for cutting. When I use it, I can not seem to gain fat no matter what I eat. Used it with GH before, and dropping body fat was extremely easy.
I've used it many different ways. Daily use is the best for cutting. Used it with cheat meals only while cutting before, and it kept fat off, but not nearly as amazing results as when using it daily.

[rs007]

Really like the stuff - cheap, keeps me full, nothing in the way of hypo obviously, seems to predetermine me to stay leaner as I gain wieght.

Love the fullness it gives, and as someone above says, it gives really good pumps. Cant wait until I am very lean again, I think it will be the ideal chem for helping carbup, cant wait to experiment.

On the negative sides I have noted stomach upset/heartburn if not taken with food, so I take it immediately after meals. I have also noticed when I jsut start taking it, I get a headache later that same day, but fine from then on in until I come off again.

I am only using 425mg after 3 of my main carb meals daily just now when I am using it - it is 850mg generic tabs I have, so thats half a tab.

When I get on it again, I might take the full 850 3x daily, see what happens then.

Overall I reckon it is good stuff, and inexpensive too. Makes total sense, gets more use out of your own insulin release, but biasing that extra effect to muscle tissue rather than fat, if the literature is to be believed.

[Joshua]

Nice recomp effect.

Runny solid outflow for the first week or so, followed by some mild constipation for a further few days. This is a bigger downer than it sounds IMO.
Increased frequency of going hypo with slin and jacuzzi.

J

[mick_the_brick]

Thanks guys some interesting comments there..

I'm planning on running it daily for the next 3 months when they arrive.

I'll update this with my thoughts on it

[hilly]

Originally Posted by RS2007

Really like the stuff - cheap, keeps me full, nothing in the way of hypo obviously, seems to predetermine me to stay leaner as I gain wieght.

Love the fullness it gives, and as someone above says, it gives really good pumps. Cant wait until I am very lean again, I think it will be the ideal chem for helping carbup, cant wait to experiment.

On the negative sides I have noted stomach upset/heartburn if not taken with food, so I take it immediately after meals. I have also noticed when I jsut start taking it, I get a headache later that same day, but fine from then on in until I come off again.

I am only using 425mg after 3 of my main carb meals daily just now when I am using it - it is 850mg generic tabs I have, so thats half a tab.

When I get on it again, I might take the full 850 3x daily, see what happens then.

Overall I reckon it is good stuff, and inexpensive too. Makes total sense, gets more use out of your own insulin release, but biasing that extra effect to muscle tissue rather than fat, if the literature is to be believed.

RS what would be your thoughts on running this when dieting??

I am currently using it on my medium day and my refeed day. i have been thinking about adding it into my low days as well at say 500mg with breakfast as i have 80g carbs with my first 2 meals.

any thoughts or do you think its best kept for carbing up and bulking?

[Cap'n Beefy]

After reading previous comments about ketosis in two days, I followed this when I resumed my diet two weeks ago. By jingo, they were right!!!

And, if you keep on using it when in ketosis, you don't have to be quite as strict with the diet. My own experience suggests you could have more than the weekly cheat meal and still progress with the fat loss.

Had the worlds biggest Indian takeaway last night for my cheat, followed immediately by an 850mg metformin, and this morning, wow, full to bursting!!! Groovy.

So, Metformin, whatever the weather - get em down your neck!!!

[All4n]

How do you guys use metformin to induce ketosis? Simply dose with your pro/fat meals as you normally would with pro/carb meals? I guess also using it throughout the refeed day. So something like the following?

mon-fri - <30g carbs
sat - refeed with 1.5g metformin
sun - <30g carbs with 1g metformin
mon - <30g carbs with 1g metformin

[hilly]

use it on your refeed day say a sat then i did 500mg at break, 500mg at dinner and 500 before bed.