PCOS-DIET Messages for July, 2001: Re: Acne has reduced....facial hair gone....weight coming down....BUT MALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS WORSENING

Re: Acne has reduced....facial hair gone....weight coming down....BUT MALE PATTERN HAIR LOSS WORSENING

From: nancy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 16 Jul 2001 12:58:56 -0500 (CDT)

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At Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Joanna wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I don't know about your going off spironolactone is your balding is
>getting worse, especially given the fact that your doctor even says he
>is going on a gut feeling. But then again...maybe you are having a bad
>reaction to it? I wish I could give you advice. The other thing is,
>your prescription is not really that strong. I am not taking it right
>now, but my prescription is 200 mg per day. Maybe your prescription
>needs to be strengthened?
>
>Either way, read this:
>"Hair Loss (Alopecia)
>Hair loss can either be diffuse, with no effect on the hairline.
>Although it is rare, some women may also have "receding hairline"
>pattern balding. The most common treatments for hair loss are
>Minoxidil, Proscar, Spironolactone, and hair transplants. Hair
>transplants are not a good option, however, in cases where the hair loss
>is diffuse (i.e., distributed throughout the head, rather than
>concentrated in a specific location of the scalp)."
>Source: http://www.inciid.org/pcos/hirsutism.html
>
>It clearly states that Spironolactone is used to treat hair loss.
>
>Obviously as a woman also balding, I can really appreciate your
>concerns.
>
>Good luck, and keep us posted!
>
>--
>Joanna
>
>At Fri, 13 Jul 2001, ana wrote:
>>
>>Has anyone got ay advice with regard to female pattern balding?
>>
>>My specialist wants to take me OFF spironolactone as I have got severe
>>shedding. (He says he has a gut feeling? ---does that mean not a clue?)
>>I am so reluctant to come off spiro it as I have come so far with regard
>>to my other symptoms.
>>
>>Has anyone got a clue as to why my other symptoms are improving, yet
>>hair loss is getting worse. I thought as the symptoms are all linked,
>>then improvements would be across all my 'male' symptoms.
>>
>>Should I keep taking the Spiron? I am only taking 50mgs which has had a
>>huge effect on my acne and facial hair...
>>
>>Help would be greatly appreciated.
>

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Tracy I beg to differ with you Being IR Is the whole thing in a nut shell! It is not a symptom it is in fact the whole reason we have pcos/syndrome X . It is the cause!

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