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Re: Met v. BCP
From: Rae (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 24 Aug 2000 22:17:15 -0500 (CDT)
Thanks for replying. I did some more research last night and found some
info on what i was looking for.
My triglycerides are very high and my hdl is very low which i am
learning is fairly characteristic of IR and that using the met with or
without the bcp will help lower the insulin which in turn will help
lower the triglycerides and which in turn will help raise the hdl and
will also help lower the testosterone. I am going to send all the info
i have found to my Dr tomorrow and see what he thinks.
At Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Kristy wrote:
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>Rae,
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>I don't take Metformin but I do take the bcp in conjunction with the spironolactone (aka Aldactone) and this combination seems to have helped me a lot as far as keeping the testosterone levels down.
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>Have you checked information in the archives of this forum as well as at the PCOS Pavilion page? The link to the Pavilion page is: http://www.obgyn.net/pcos/pcos.asp and the link to the archives of this forum is: http://forums.obgyn.net/pcos-medication.
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>I've heard that the reason for the birth control pill while taking Metformin (I think this is right) and/or Spironolactone is b/c of the fact that these drugs can help make you very fertile and pregnancy could possibly occur. As I said the information in the archives of this forum might be able to give you what you are looking for.
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>Also, if you want to check out the archives of the Women's Health Forum: http://forums.obgyn.net/womens-health b/c sometimes the issue of spironolactone does come up.
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>I am sorry that I couldn't be of much more help than this. I hope that it does help you though.
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>Take care,
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>Kristy S :)
>Jacksonville, FL
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