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Re: PCOS: Long luteal phase

From: Walter Futterweit, MD, FACE,FACP (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:32:15 -0500 (CDT)

A prolonged luteal phase may occasionally occur as a fertility factor in PCOS. In some it may represent a chemical imbalance of opioid tone. This may be treated with naltrexone for 6 months. Dr. Futterweit

At Wed, 27 Aug 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I am confused as to why some drs think that long luteal phases are not a
>problem wrt fertility and some do...even on this forum, one dr said they
>are NOT a problem and another said they believed that long luteal phases
>DO adversely affect fertility, so which one is it? My luteal phase
>according to fertilityfriend.com was 19 days last mth -overall my cycle
>was 2 days longer than usual -at 33 days). Is there a problem wth my
>cycle? I am 24 yrs old ( according to the software I ovulated on day
>14).

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Walter Futterweit, MD, FACP, FACE
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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