I have just started taking metformin at 500mg. For the past 3 days I have been experiencing tingling/burning sensation in my feet, hands but mostly my legs (one more so than the other). Is this a side affect of metformin? Or starting a new medication in general? Has anyone experienced this? I dont want to go back to my doctor after only just seeing her and starting metformin (I feel I am being over dramatic if I do that) but googling symptoms is coming up with alsorts from nerve damage to blood clots
Metformin - Tingling/burning/pins and needles type feeling in hands, legs and feet?
Question posted by Zoeg897 on 25 July 2020
Last updated on 26 August 2023
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I use to take metformin extended Diabex for Diabetes type 2 for a number of years I stopped using it and used alternative medication Amaryll ,Glyxambi, they amputated my left leg when my foot was infected by lactic acidosis caused by metformin which could have been treated by antibiotics for poisoning, instead the surgeon cut my leg off, later reports, there was no blood poisoning / Gangrene, he made a bad guess and crippled me for life. I was vomiting acid from overload of metformin. I condemn its use if you want to live. This has destroyed my life as I now reside at Kilbride nursing home
with no uncertain future.
(The worrying thing with blood clots is if they move to your heart or brain they can swiftly kill you. So you need to contact a medical professional by telephone right away, do not wait until Monday.)
Just because you've started a new medicine does not mean something else cannot have happened at the same time. I did not have this, and I do not see this on the list of side effects for metformin.
I'm 65 and I've never in my life had pins and needles for any reason other than resting in an awkward position, and then they disappeared after 15 minutes.
So maybe it is something else. Covid-19 can cause these effects, because it causes blood clots among its other affects. Or it could be something else.
If your location has a help number for medical issues, you should call that number and ask their advice.
If not, phone your pharmacist right away.
Failing that, go for a covid-19 test. I believe there is free public testing for that, even in the USA. But I'm not sure.
The worrying thing with blood clots is if they move to your heart or brain they can swiftly kill you. So you need to contact a medical professional by telephone right away, do not wait until Monday.
I hope this turns out to be nothing major. Good luck.
Thank you so much for your reply. I did think it was odd but didnt want to be dramatic considering I've just come from the doctors last week. I'm in the UK I will phone our 111 helpline.
I started taking metformin about 3 weeks ago and i have been experiencing the pin and needles.the endocrinologist recommended a 1000mg b12 for me .the pins and needles left for a while but i am experiencing it again .
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