Re: Met v. BCP
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:18:35 -0400
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I too am on Met and BCP ... With just Met alone, I do not have a period ... Best of luck to you both! (: Amy
anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
> You may be, though, the type that needs to be on both, not just for
> birth control. I went off bcps and met 3 years ago to do a Rezulin
> study. The met and bcp combo worked well for me (dropped 20 lbs with no
> problem). The Rez, though, didn't work for me. I was on it for a year.
> As soon as I was done with the study, I went back on bcps and the Met.
> BOOM! Dropped 30 lbs, no trying (and have maintained for over a year).
> My doc and I believe that for me,and some women on this board who have
> done the same thing, that the bcps must "knock down" the high
> testosterone level before the met can kick in and be effective. Who
> knows. But I look at it this way - the pill, and met too, is one of the
> safest drugs out there. Decreases chances of ovarian and cervical
> cancer, etc. Why NOT take it, even if it might help only a little bit?
> Plus, the convenience of knowing when you're going to cycle.
>
> |And, I take 9 weeks of bcps, then the withdrawal week. Working well,
> so far! You might try that, too (saves the body 2 weeks of hormones
> going out of whack).
>
> At Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Rae wrote:
> >
> >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:
> >>
> >>Rae,
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>I am sorry that I couldn't be of much more help than this. I hope that it does help you though.
> >>
> >>Take care,
> >>
> >>Kristy S :)
> >>Jacksonville, FL
>
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