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Re: Metformin anyone?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:09:00 -0500 (CDT)
If you read the info available on the pcosupport.org board, it
specifically states that Met is being prescribed for those with IR. If
you're not IR, then as far as I'm concerned, your doc should have
his/her medical license revoked. If I was to feel ucky and be given
antibiotics for a viral infection, I'd start to feel better, too, but
the drug is not made for viruses (this is why we have anti-biotic
resistant diseases).
I asked for proof - how well you feel is not necessarily scientific
'proof' - Rezulin, for example, doesn't work for me, but Met does. Does
that 'prove' that Rezulin doesn't work for PCOS? No, just that it didn't
work for me.
So, proof - journal articles, etc.
At Sat, 29 Jul 2000, melissa wrote:
>
>met can also help even without having insulin resistance. have you done any
>research you'll clearly see that it does have its benefits. I've been on it
>6 days now and already feel it helping and i feel good.
>
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>>Subject: Re: Metformin anyone?
>>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:01:51 -0500
>>
>>Dear Donna - but my point was this - if you don't have an insulin issue
>>(we know that not all PCOS patients have insulin problems), what will
>>the drug do??? It won't help someone with normal insulin levels.
>>
>>At Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Donna wrote:
>> >
>> >Dear Stacey,
>> >MET helps the body use insulin properly. A person with hyperinsulinemia
>> >(what PCOS women have) can't absorb insulin very well so the body
>> >doesn't know it's made enough insulin and just keeps pumping it out. The
>> >huge amount of insulin causes lots of problems one of which is excess
>> >wear and tear on the pancreas. Eventually the pancreas will fail, and
>> >full blown Type I Diabetes occurs. That means insulin shots, blindness,
>> >heat disease and all the other "goodies" associated with it. ALso
>> >lowering insulin levels seems to help with balancing
>> >estrogen/progeterone levels and may help to conceive. There's not much
>> >info on this yet but keep a look out for it. In conclusion, MET's
>> >influence on insulin can have many health benefits.
>> >Donna, NC
>> >
>> >At Thu, 27 Jul 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>> >>
>> >>But what do you think that Met will do for you? It's sole purpose in
>> >>being is to fix insulin issues. That's like giving someone with a bad
>> >>heart a new brain to fix the problem.
>> >>
>> >>At Thu, 27 Jul 2000, melissa wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>i'm on glucophage and my doctor never checked my insulin level. We
>>also
>> >>>fought until he gave in. he just checked my liver and kidneys first.
>>good
>> >>>luck, melissa
>> >>>
>> >>>>From: Goldsngurl@aol.com (Laura)
>> >>>>Reply-To: pcos-medication@obgyn.net
>> >>>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>> >>>><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>> >>>>Subject: Metformin anyone?
>> >>>>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:56:13 -0500
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Hey! Is anyone currently on Metformin and not insulin resistant? I am
>> >>>>currently head to head with my doctor, but she won't budge. Pls let
>>me
>> >>>>know!
>> >>>>
>> >>>>--
>> >>>>Thanks!
>> >>>>Laura
>> >>>>
>> >--
>> >Donna A. In N.C.
>> >
>>
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