Same here...METFORMIN. Bigger than a tylanol. White, no capsule. So as someone stated above, it seems that we all have a common cause. So this medication is not getting disolved fully? Has anyones sugar tested differently with the pressence of this strange stool? I described it as a small pretzel nugget size with a white cream, or riggotta, texture inside. But the outside resembled too much like a waxy protective film coating. So maybe our bodies are trying to absorb this medication and maybe it is, to a degree, but the excess is being changed to whatever is being passed into our toilets. With me, however, it started with a very bad lower left abdominal pain, for 3 days. Enough so that it was hard to breath, and cough, and laugh, and move, and lift things. I originally thought it was a hernia, but after a doctor checked me, he ruled that out. I went home early from work, called in the next day, and passed one of those nuggets later on that early afternoon and felt 90% better an hour later. So I knew it was from that stool. 2 weeks later the same pain. I ate some fiber cereal to help me pass whatever it was. A few hours later, passed it, SAW the nuggets again, and I felt better again. Although it seems that it is directly due to our medication, it would also seem that with a better/different diet, then maybe this would stop happening. But the doctors and the pharmacutical company should be made aware of our plight.
· You may see the GLUMETZA tablet shell in your stool. You may also see a soft mass of the GLUMETZA inactive ingredients in your stool. Both of these are normal to see in your stool.
I found that statement on a website listing patient information for generic Glucophage - which I am also taking and is what led me to this thread.
I found that statement on a website listing patient information for generic Glucophage - which I am also taking and is what led me to this thread.
I just found the same thing in my stool. I just called my doctor and she will be calling back. I use Metformin also, but this has a soft gel and like a capsule skin over it. I haven't eaten anything or take any pills that look like this. Let us know if anyone knows what this is and the cause. If I find anything out I will post it.
I have had these for some time. They started wihen I began taking Metformin XR. I went to my diabetic doctor last week and my sugar levels have gone up since I started the XR. He took me off the time release XR which I stopped that day. These objects in my stool have also gone away. So there is no doubt in my mind that my gastro doctor was correct a few months ago when he said they were they Metformin XR pills. Just in my layman way of thinking, I don't think they were getting all the Metfromin into my siystem, which raised my sugar levels. I took four Metformin pills per day and had four of these things per day in the stool, like clock work.
I too am on Metformin and noticed these things a long time ago. They've become more frequent and seem to appear only when having a loose bowel movement. Like everyone else, they are that same yellow-orangish color and are white in the center.
I took a sample to my doctor a long time ago and they could not determine what it was. Supposedly, they had to tested. Some of the nurses thought it to be a fatty deposit of some sort. I'm still not sure.
I decided to look on the internet and thank goodness I found this thread on this subject. I had no clue to what it was but there does seem to be something common with everyone, metformin. Who knows.. that might be what it was! It is possible because I started noticing them when I started taking my medicine, which started as Glucophage and then Metformin (same type pill). Hmmmmm??
I took a sample to my doctor a long time ago and they could not determine what it was. Supposedly, they had to tested. Some of the nurses thought it to be a fatty deposit of some sort. I'm still not sure.
I decided to look on the internet and thank goodness I found this thread on this subject. I had no clue to what it was but there does seem to be something common with everyone, metformin. Who knows.. that might be what it was! It is possible because I started noticing them when I started taking my medicine, which started as Glucophage and then Metformin (same type pill). Hmmmmm??
I also have these things..at first I thought it was some sort of worm egg...I was in Guam so I was really freaked out..then I thought it was some sort of protective covering that my body put on pills..like I had a digestive problem..
I am doing a liver cleanse and a parasite cleanse and I have gotten two colonics just to see if it would help...I just saw another one..and I really wish I had insurance..
does anyone have symptoms like
indigestion
diarrhea
bloating
constipation
pain
I am doing a liver cleanse and a parasite cleanse and I have gotten two colonics just to see if it would help...I just saw another one..and I really wish I had insurance..
does anyone have symptoms like
indigestion
diarrhea
bloating
constipation
pain
Don't you have Medicaid. Maybe you could get checked on welfare like 40 million other Americans.
no..with the economy in Michigan...a lot of people have lost their jobs...and try to get educated on government assisted health insurance before making outlandish comments. It is not so readily available..you have to meet certain financial guidelines..so really, unless you have anything remotely useful to add to the thread..why not keep to yourself? do you have a health problem related to the topic or are you just bored?
Use your head madam. Most people on here, almost all seem to be ladies, take Metmorfin XR. I had these things in my stool too, and I was taking Metmorfin XR. When I stopped the pills the objects in my stool stopped the very next day and have not returned. I was not surprised as my doctor had already had them tested and analyzed as being Metmorfin XR pill casing. I posted all that here but you all refuse to believe that, I think you just want something to worry about and bond with each other over. I won't post anymore and maybe you all can worry yourselves into real medical problems.
the extended release tabs, are not fully being digested by your body.
I am having the same issue. My Dr thought that it was not working for me so she put me on insulin. It is time to get off the er tabs and on regular. Glad I am not the only one. The pharmacist thought it was just the casing also. till I told him about the white powder inside the casing. Then he agreed. It is not being digested.
I am having the same issue. My Dr thought that it was not working for me so she put me on insulin. It is time to get off the er tabs and on regular. Glad I am not the only one. The pharmacist thought it was just the casing also. till I told him about the white powder inside the casing. Then he agreed. It is not being digested.
I went to the hospital MONDAY. SYMPTOMS: large pill shaped, floating pieces of stool. sometimes white,orange,or beige in color. stomach pain at times and watery stool. CAUSE: THE MEDICATION metformin and other nutrients ,including fat.,what? these are complaints found mostly who take the medication mwtformin and who is a smoker with a bad diet. in most cases this is an indication that smoking has caused damage to the body and is not allowing nutrients and medications to be absorbed . TREATMENT; MOST EXPERIENCED DOCTORS WILL ORDER A COLONSCOPY TO RULE OUT INTESTINAL DAMAGE .IT IS HIGHLY ADVISED THAT THIS STEP IS TAKEN, THE PATIENT SHOULD IMMEDIATELY STOP SMOKING , 85% OF ALL PATIENTS WHO CONTINUE SMOKING ARE DEAD WITHIN 3 YEARS .ALL PATIENTS WHO quit smoking make a complete recovery and patients who quit and then return to smoking have the same results as never having quit at all . a strict, high fiber diet will also be ordered . if severe damage has already taken place (severe rectal bleeding and completely black stools)removal of part of the intestine may be in order. IF LEFT UNTREATED: if diet and smoking changes are not made ,the body will no longer be able to absorb nutrients and will eventually cause a breakdown of all body functions causing death. remember, eating better is not a substitute for quitting smoking ,this is a warning sign of the body beginning to break down from the effects of smoking .so the doctor took me off of the metformin i was taking 4 a day now i am taking 2 a day and have had no more of the large pill shaped floating , i hope this will help you all .
not a smoker...eat extremely healthy. exercise on a regular basis
and not taking Metformin XR pills...so that can't be all it is
and not taking Metformin XR pills...so that can't be all it is
o.O OK folks here you go. In MY case, it isn't the Metformin. It isn't the intestines. I have been diagnosed with Barrett's Esophagus, which if undetected can lead to cancer. So now I have to have another endoscopy every year. Since the colonoscopy and barium enema showed only one benign polyp, I dont' have another one for 5 years. You should ask your doctor about Barrett's esophagus if you have heartburn 3 or more times each week, or if you have had heartburn for many years. I am now on Prevacid...for life!
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE A POSSIBLE DIRECTION!! REGARDING THE 'KIDNEY BEAN' OBJECT. I JUST GOT RESULTS BACK FROM A COMPREHENSIVE LAB TEST (STOOL TEST, OF COURSE). ANYWAY, IT TESTED FOR BACTERIA, CANDIDA, AND INFLAMATION...AMONG MANY OTHER THINGS, INCLUDING PARASITES. FOR ME, THE PARASITES WERE TOTALLY NEGATIVE. BUT....IT CAME BACK WITH SUPER HIGH LEVELS OF KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIA AND ENTERBACTER CLOACAE, AS WELL AS, HIGH IMBLANCES IN SEVERAL OF THE BENEFICIAL FLORA. ALSO, MY IMFLAMATION IS SKY HIGH!!! THE LAB COMPANY IS DOCTORS LABS OUT OF ILLINOIS. THE BIGGEST CRITISISM ON TEST RELIABILITY IS THAT THE TEST MAY BE SOMEWHAT SENSITIVE. I ALSO GAVE MY GENERAL PRACTITIONER A COPY AND HE IS FINALLY ALARMED. I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THIS WILL LEAD, BUT MY GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY THIS STUFF AND THEN IRRADICATE IT---AND, IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH BETTER I FEEL JUST HAVING SOME TANGIBLE EVIDENCE--MY CREDIBILITY AND CONFIDENCE HAVE BEEN VERY NEGATIVELY AFFECTED. I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS (& SO HAS MY FAMILY)AND EVEN WITH MY INSURANCE, I HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $100,000--(AT 20%, COPAY) NO JOKE!. I WOULD NEVER WISH THIS ON ANYONE--GOD BLESS YOU ALL WHO ARE ALSO FACING THIS CHALLENGE. FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS, AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T GIVE UP!
I DON'T REMEMBER POSTING A PICTURE BEFORE--BUT, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP TOO--I MUST ADD THOUGH, THAT THE SHAPE AND SIZE DOES VARY BETWEEN THE KIDNEY BEAN AND THE CHICKLET--
GOOD LUCK TO ALL
I DON'T REMEMBER POSTING A PICTURE BEFORE--BUT, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP TOO--I MUST ADD THOUGH, THAT THE SHAPE AND SIZE DOES VARY BETWEEN THE KIDNEY BEAN AND THE CHICKLET--
GOOD LUCK TO ALL
Hi, this has happened to me every since taking the Metformin. I am pre-diabetic and also have GERD (which I've been on Protonix for 4 years now). I don't pass these things on a regular basis; maybe once a month.
I noticed that I didn't have dinner last evening and took the Metformin then had two of these things in my stool in the AM.
Some people think it is diverticulitis or Barrett's Esophagus but I'm not so sure. Let's think about this too. I've heard this thing in our stool is caused by fatty deposits. Does everyone on here have a good or bad diet? I can tell you now that I didn't start getting these objects until I started not caring what I ate. I don't have a good diet but now I really need to do something about it.
Maybe changing our diets can help. Eating more fruits and vegetables, etc.
Let me know how you all are doing. Thanks for listening.
~ Lily Harrington
I noticed that I didn't have dinner last evening and took the Metformin then had two of these things in my stool in the AM.
Some people think it is diverticulitis or Barrett's Esophagus but I'm not so sure. Let's think about this too. I've heard this thing in our stool is caused by fatty deposits. Does everyone on here have a good or bad diet? I can tell you now that I didn't start getting these objects until I started not caring what I ate. I don't have a good diet but now I really need to do something about it.
Maybe changing our diets can help. Eating more fruits and vegetables, etc.
Let me know how you all are doing. Thanks for listening.
~ Lily Harrington