PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for March, 2000: Re: EDUCATION

Re: EDUCATION

From: Audrey (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 20:37:30 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Kathy wrote: >Hi I returned back to my endo. who is based in Reproductive endo., Infertility,OB/GYN---I know now that a reproductive endo. would be my choice for handling PCO. After having an internal med. endo. who wasn't update and gave me med. that made me gain weight. Even on weight watchers!!! I went back to my old endo., with a longer drive time, to be set right. I lost most of what I gained on the meds. I am on several things at once met, bc and starting xenical. Things are looking up!!
>Thank you for your message! I, too, went online to educate myself about
>PCOS. My GYN suggested that I find an internal medicine specilist to
>treat my PCOS. So, I took everything I had to a woman doctor (hoping
>she would understand better than a man), and she had never heard of
>PCOS!! But, she was willing to do the research, and so after taking a
>look at what I had, and doing some research of her own, she started me
>on Metformin. I have worked myself up since Oct. from 500 mg daily to
>1500 mg daily. I am still skeptical that this will work for me. I only
>have a period when my dosage is upped. My facial hair has slowed
>slightly, and I have gained 12 lbs. since Oct. I will keep on it for
>another 3 months, and probably go to 2000 mg. I seem to tolerated it
>well - only slight side effects. Any advice?
>At Wed, 15 Mar 2000, TracyP wrote:
>>
>>I want to tell every woman that reads this forum..The best thing you can
>>do is EDUCATE yourself on the Use of Metformin (Glucophage). There are
>>doc's out there that do not want to prescribe the met because they think
>>it will make you diabetic or other things. Check out http://www.ivf.com and
>>use their search on pcos. This is a doc that is up to date on his
>>research and he treats with Met.. What I did was make print outs of
>>everything I read on PCOS and MET... I took them to my doc, for she did
>>not want to prescribe and after reading all I had, she was eager to give
>>me the MET. It is not that these docs don't want to help you, some just
>>don't read up on the treatments. Find a doc, that if they don't know,
>>they are willing to learn along with you... Educate yourself and it
>>will help alot.. PRINT EVERYTHING!!!Just in case!!!
>>Good Luck and God Bless,
>>TracyP
>
>--
>Kathy
>

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Audrey

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