Metformin - Tingling/burning/pins and needles type feeling in hands, legs and feet?

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.