My doctor had me on Metformin 1000mg 2X daily, glyburide 10mg 2X daily, furosemide 80 mg daily, and Avandia 4mg daily. When Avandia began getting bad press, I asked him to take me off it and prescribe an alternative. He removed only the Avandia, and added Metaglip 5/500 2 tablets 2X a day. A few months later, I was rushed to the hospital in renal failure. I had been vomiting several times a week, but didn't realize that I was dehydrating. The kidney specialist said that I was at 15% kidney function. I was admitted and after 4 days of IV rehydration, they released me with insulin and Starlix and removed all other diabetic oral meds. Does anyone out there think that my doctor did me harm by having me on 4000mg daily of Metformin? This is what I have been told caused my dehydration-induced kidney failure. Thank you for any advice. My medical bills relating to this hospitalization have caused me financial hardship now, and I wonder if I didn't take proper care of myself, or maybe this might have been bad prescribing by the doctor. I often wonder if he meant to take me off the straight metformin pills when he added the additional 2000mg of metformin that is contained in the metaglip.




