Acarbose User Reviews & Ratings

• Sar...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 18, 2023

"Be very cautious when starting this medication. Try one dose with one meal, then wait 48 hours to see how you tolerate it. I foolishly followed my doctor's instructions to commence a dose with every main meal and have been sick for a week after a single day's worth. (Nausea, bad taste in the mouth, acid feeling in the stomach, diarrhea, disturbed sleep, headache, and exhaustion after dealing with all that.) I also suggest making that first dose a low one. If you tolerate it, increase it gradually. If you don't tolerate it, you won't end up making yourself as sick as I did by stacking three doses that you pay for 12 hours later. If only doctors experienced the same side effects their patients did, they might be a bit more thoughtful with their prescriptions. I may try this again, cautiously. But I think I will need a fortnight to recover first."

• Pat...
• June 4, 2016

For Type 2 Diabetes "I took acarbose for 2 months. It did nothing to lower my blood sugars. I had diarrhea severely and bad gas all the time. I had to stop going out in public, and a restaurant would have been rude. My husband moved out of our bedroom, and my family complained around me. Stomach pain was very strong and felt weird. Since I have been off of it for 1 month, my colon seems painful and I am having trouble getting back to regularity."

• jan...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 18, 2016

For Type 2 Diabetes "The only side effect I've had is gas. But if you keep taking it, that seems to pretty much subside."

• Anonymous
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• September 1, 2024

For Dumping Syndrome "It helps with preventing hypoglycemia. I also have dumping syndrome due to surgery, but it doesn't help too much with that."