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What are the side effects of metformin?

Mr Efstathios Theodorou lists some of the side effects of metformin, including gastrointestinal symptoms like nausea, sickness, and feeling faint because of low blood sugar.

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The most common side effects of Metformin are gastrointestinal symptoms. So you may have nauseum, sickness, sometimes some faint because of low sugar in the body.

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