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Re: Leeza show, insulin control medication??
From: A (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 12 May 2000 12:31:39 -0400
Seems like the doc on Leeza attributed PCOS to mailnly insulin problem....is this
insulin resistance really at the heart of PCOS??
Arlene wrote:
> At Fri, 12 May 2000, Ann wrote:
> >
> >I just saw the Leeza show and it is a start to bringing it to the
> >forfront.
> >I am wondering, the woman from the Woman's Day article was on and she
> >said she was on the insulin controlling medication. What is it? Can
> >anyone tell me?
>
> hi, i would like to tell you about the insulin controlling medicine i
> think she is referring to....i was diagnosed at the Diabetes Institute
> here in Virginia, i too have been put on a medication called Glyset
> which is used to help my body when my pancreas spits out too much
> insulin because of this disease, i have been suffering from
> hypoglycemia, so this medicine helps take my carbohydrate intake, and
> instead of my body spitting out too much insulin at one time, the
> medicine helps break down the carbohydrates in my system, therefore
> keeping them in me longer for a more spaced out time, and therefore my
> pancreas does not get the signal to produce too much insulin....
> i know this is a very simplistic way of saying this, sorry, but this is
> how i understand it.....it saves me trying to eat 6-8 small meals per
> day which is hard being very busy, and therefore it still keeps my
> system in check and keeps me from eating and then 3-4 hours later
> feeling ready to pass out.....
> i would like to talk to you more, if you want more information i can
> send you the information on this Glyset, which is not the only drug they
> can use, but is one of them...
>
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