Janumet and Headaches: What Users Say

• haw...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 20, 2012

For Type 2 Diabetes "I take this medicine and my sugar still goes up when I eat. I have had a severe headache for about 6 weeks. I'm very dizzy all the time and all my bed is wet. When I'm awake, I sweat all day. At times I have very bad acid reflux. It has made me unable to do anything all day long. I have been taking it for about 6 months. I'm calling my dr. In the morning."

• Mar...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• January 18, 2016

For Type 2 Diabetes "I have been taking Janumet 50/1000 MG for 7 months now, and my blood sugar has dropped from 18.1 to approximately 8, and general hemoglobin down from 120 to 50. Yes, occasionally a headache when I first wake up, but after a cup of coffee and a few glasses of diet soda, it's gone. (Every medicine has some type of side effects, even aspirin, so I feel you have to accept, for example, the odd headache.) No other side effects. I am very happy with this medicine. I live in Denmark, and because we have a world-class health system (also 40% income tax), after you use approximately $300 of your own money per year, you get a rebate of 85% on all diabetes medicine, plus 150 strips, lancets, and a blood sugar machine free per year."

• Sle...
• April 19, 2016

For Type 2 Diabetes "I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in November of 2015. So my doctor did a glucose test which was fasting for me, and my number was 279 on an empty stomach. My A1c, a day or so later, I was at 13.2. My doctor has put me on Janumet 50/500. I was at 203 lbs before the diagnosis, and now, in April 2016, I'm approximately 180 pounds. I was losing weight before the diagnosis due to diabetes, but I guess now since I've been working out for over a month and a half and my eating habits have changed, I guess, and with the medicine, I've dropped more weight. I guess overall my blood sugars are a whole lot better than they were before. A few headaches here and there and nausea, but not so much of that. The medicine is okay, I just don't want to lose any more weight."

• Bjc...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• September 25, 2018

For Type 2 Diabetes "I've been taking this for about one month, and my blood sugar has gone from 280 to 100, so it's working for me. I had a slight headache at first, but I started taking it with my dinner in the evening and have had no headaches. No other side effects. I will continue to use this medication."

• Lou...
• November 1, 2011

For Type 2 Diabetes "I have just recently changed from Metformin to Janumet 50 mg/500 mg, one tablet twice daily with food, and have suffered from headaches, nausea, and some dizziness. I have seen two Drs. One advised staying on Metformin as it has maintained good results for many years, and Janumet is still a more recent medicine in Australia. The other Dr advised that Janumet will control my levels a lot better and decrease the situation of gaining weight, even though in the early stage I have some side effects. I intend to continue with Janumet for another month, hoping for improvement, aged 70."

• Anonymous
• September 7, 2009

For Type 2 Diabetes "I had bad side effects from this medicine. I had nausea, headache, and dizziness almost daily since taking Janumet. Thinking my body would adjust, I kept taking it for about 6 months. Since I stopped it 2 weeks ago, the nausea, headache, and dizziness have stopped. I will have to get 'real' with myself and do diet and exercise."

• Joe...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 28, 2020

For Type 2 Diabetes "Janumet/Januvia is toxic poison! Stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea is pancreatitis caused by the poison pill! Janumet inflames your pancreas and causes your blood sugar to run high! All the aches and pains, stiff neck, headaches, and anything else happening to you is from the poison pill! If you are taking the poison and it’s working for you, be patient, you will have the horrible side effects soon! Merck should be shut down."

• Nor...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 23, 2020

For Type 2 Diabetes "What a disaster. All kinds of side effects. Dangerous, actually. The day my GP put me on Janumet, I felt weird. One month later, I’m confused, have a rash, headache, fatigued, listless, and just general malaise. Off Janumet and feel better right away...."

• bev...
• May 28, 2009

For Type 2 Diabetes "I have had nausea, headache, and dizziness almost daily since taking Janumet. Thinking my body would adjust, I kept taking it for about 6 months. Since I've been off of it for 2 weeks, the nausea, headache, and dizziness have stopped. I will have to get 'real' with myself and do diet and exercise."

• Ted...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 28, 2017

For Type 2 Diabetes "Just started taking Janumet 1000 mg yesterday. Luckily, my daughter, who studies medicine at university, read the instructions. I had a headache, which she said was low blood sugar. After I ate something, the headache disappeared. I have had severe diarrhea, though, both nights, OK in the morning???"