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Re: Is anyone else on 1500mg Met and 8mg Avandia per day?
From: Jennifer (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 17 Apr 2000 07:53:46 -0500 (CDT)
I am on Avandia 8 mg and 1500mg of met a day. I have been on this for 2
months and gained about 15 lbs. Very Discouraging. I have my labs done
in a couple of weeks. My labs just on met initially improved, but not
good enough and then it never got better. Avandia alone didn't change
the labs. Hopefully, I will be able to start clomid soon! I can say
that I started excercising 3X a week and my monthly is 32 days instead
on 45 days apart. I consider this a major improvement! Good Luck to
all!
At Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Micha wrote:
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>Hi:
>
>I too was told to not yet go on avandia since it could cause weight
>gain. I can tell you that increasing your dosage of met extremely
>slowly does work, though it does take patience. I took several months
>to build up to 1500mg. Cut the pills in half and take them many times a
>day if you have to, over long periods of time and you will adjust to it.
>Unfortunately, the docs think that raising the met up to its maximum
>dosage is the answer, but I don't think that met is the cure all for
>everyone--me included.
>
>At Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Celeste wrote:
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>>At Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Micha wrote:
>>>Hi Micha, I'm back from my endo's appt. today. I didn't get the Avandia because the doc wants me to start Met over at very small doses and see if I tolerate it better and have a response. This makes no sense to me and I believe he is only doing this because of my weight. I have to wonder if he is also less comfortable with anything else because it is so new and requires liver monitoring for the first year. I see it as a certain amount of CYA also. He is concerned that I will gain 8-12 lbs on Avandia and while that would be no fun, it wouldn't be the end of the world if it DID happen. So I have a fresh prescription for bcps to try to level things out again hormonally, and I am pretty sure there isn't any hope for me and my metabolism. At least he didn't ask me if I had been eating nothing but corned beef sandwiches all day. :o&
>>>Jennifer,
>>>I'm not on Avandia, but my bloodwork has only gotten worse since
>>>starting metformin a few months ago. I was wondering if your labs just
>>>stayed the same or worsened. What did your doc say about it. Most of
>>>the docs I've seen do not know why this would happen. I'm currently
>>>very confused. I'm sure avandia will be added to my regimen as well if
>>>my blood work doesn't show some improvement. I can tell you that I'm
>>>fed up with docs telling me that I'm not low carbing it enough. Because
>>>I do not believe that this could be responsible for a decline in my
>>>condition because I do eat less then 60 grams a day.
>>>Good luck to you.
>>>
>>>At Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Jennifer wrote:
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>>>>Is anyone else on 1500mg Met and 8mg Avandia per day? I believe that
>>>>this is my last chance. If my bloodwork is not better, then I can't
>>>>start on clomid! Is this working for anyone else?
>>>>
>>>>Need encouragement!
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Jennifer M
>>>>
>>--
>>Celeste
>>
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Jennifer M
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