PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for September, 2000: Re: My expericence with Glucophage

Re: My expericence with Glucophage - Actos, anyone?

From: aon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 3 Sep 2000 23:37:23 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi. My glucophage experience has been similar. i've been on it since October and at first it was a miracle, but after about three or four months it became and continues to be a stomach upset, although my moods are level--no depression or aggressive mood swings, but I'm lethargic. I'm tired, too heavy periods, and hungry all the time. I've lost weight, but being one of those weirdo skinny PCO'ers, that is not good. I am probably going to try actos or avandia and would also appreciate any information from fellow pco'ers who've tried one of the A drugs. Thanks. One of these days, I'd love to get this stuff under control, so I wouldn't have to think about it every day and could just focus on plain old living. Know what I mean?

At Sun, 3 Sep 2000, Leigh wrote: >
>Hello to everyone! I am new to this forum, but I have searched the
>internet for the past year reading info on PCOS. In response to Kim and
>Monica, my experience was mixed with Glucophage. I started Glucophage
>last December and experienced some major changes. My energy level went
>through the roof - so much, in fact, that I was existing on about four
>hours of sleep a night and doing great. I also noticed an immediate
>reduction in my facial hair and loss of PCOS acne (great feeling!). I
>had GI problems, but assumed it was just an initial side effect and was
>willing to tolerate it. I lost about 10 pounds, but I only weigh 118
>pounds, so my RE doctor advised that I watch my weight loss. After six
>months, however, the GI problems persisted and my energy level
>normalized. The facial hair and acne reduction stayed the same. I
>visited my primary doctor about my GI problems and he thought I was
>toxic to Glucophage. He prescribed 15 mgs of Actos about three weeks
>ago. My GI problems disappeared immediately. It has been three weeks
>and I am side-effect free. However, I am wondering if Actos will reduce
>my testosterone like Glucophage. My doctor faxed me some studies on
>Actos, but it appears that those studies were citing results from
>Metformin studies on PCOS. Has anyone had positive results on Actos?

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