text: i take glugophage and i...? have to take 500 mg three times a day. has anyone else had problems with diarrhea from taking this med? how can i start walking if i keep........ and my bu** is so sore from all the ....... i'm sick of it. i think i'll just stop taking it!! but my doc said no.   :-(  i digest my food slow and i'm always bloated. i'm so sick of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your body should get used to the glucophage within 2 weeks, and you'll be okay. believe me, it's much better than having to have insulin injections like i do!! i'm constantly bruised, and the insulin burns like hell...it doesn't matter how warm/cold it is, or how slow i inject it...it always burns like mad.  you must have pretty high blood glucose levels if you're taking 500mg 3 x's a day...if you stop taking it, you could have a stroke due to your sugars going way too high.  you could talk to your doctor about other meds such as, glipizide, actos, avandia, metformin, etc. best of luck with this.