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Re: PCOS Avandia and weight loss

From: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:56:36 -0500 (CDT)


At Mon, 24 Feb 2003, anonymous wrote: >
>Hi, I was diagnosed with PCOS at 15. I'm now 23 and was given AVANDIA
>last month by my doctor to help with weight loss however instead I have
>gained weight and am unable to lose it with a low carb diet as I did
>previously. Could these pills be making my weight loss more difficult?

The AVERAGE wt gain with Avandia is 30 lbs per year. I told my doctor I would not take it because of that. I then went on sugarbusters and reduced Hbac1 test from 7.5 to 6.1 in one year. My trigicerides from 400 to 195. If I had continued the medicine I am sure it would have gotten all the credit.




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