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Re: Leeza show, insulin control medication??
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 12 May 2000 20:20:43 -0500
That's what I've gatherd from various sites on the net. They are really
starting to believe that insulin resistance is the root of the problem.
Polly
On Fri, 12 May 2000 11:32:16 -0500 A D <lpd22@gis.net> writes:
> 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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