Re: metaformin
From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 27 Mar 2000 11:45:58 -0600 (CST)
mhairi,
I am getting the same kinds of answers. It's very confusing. On one
had a person tells you, what you think is correct, only to find out
later that it was wrong information. The best advice is if you trust
your drs advice about putting you on metformin go with it. The
information that some of the people have is so out dated. My ob/gyn
states that just a year and a half ago. We had no ideas the corrolation
between IR and PCOS. So if a pharmacist is not up to date. I would
definately trust my doctor over that.
Best of luck to you,
--
Donna
At Mon, 27 Mar 2000, mhairi wrote:
>
>i recently have been prescirbed metaformin by my gyenocologist and went
>to my local gp to pick up the prescritpion. He was not a happy man
>prescribing the drug and told me that the insulin resistance is only a
>secondary sign of pcos and not the main problem and i should perhaps be
>looking more at an adrogen drug to help with my syptoms.
>His discription of the disease and the treatments so far have been
>contrary to what i have read and now I am totally confused . I was lead
>to beleive that metaformin would help me loose weight , hopefully
>regularizing my menstrual cycle and help me with such things as hiritsum
>. He has said this is not the case..that i will still battle with my
>testostorone levels. He also refused me access to a dietician saying
>that pcos does not benfit from a low carb diet . Is this information
>that i recieved from him correct?
>He also prescribed metaformin without consulting any notes from the
>genocologist . Should i be seeking advice from another GP?
>
>--
>confused metaformin user
>Mhairi
>
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