Re: Insulin Resistance
From: melissa (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 17 Sep 2000 20:23:00 EDT
i'm not insulin resistant but i was still put on glucophage and the first
month i was on it i became pregnant after not ovulating or getting my period
for over a year. insulin meds like metforim can help pcos sufferers even if
they're not insulin resistant. melissa
>From: Stacy <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Subject: Insulin Resistance
>Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2000 13:36:55 -0500
>
>Hi all, I had my boyfriend ask his brother-in-law (who is an RE) about the
>belief that PCOS is caused by insulin problems (which I heard on the list,
>and thought I should check into..afterall if it WAS, then I needed to do
>something about it for myself!) and I'm just sharing what he told me.
>
>Basically, he said that some drs feel there is a link, some don't , but
>there has been no conclusive research. So, I asked him about the accuracy
>of
>the fasting glucose/insulin tests and told him my results (6 ul insulin and
>91 mg/glucose..which are both well within the normal range..infact, the
>insulin is on the VERY low side of the normal range). Anyway, he said that
>based on my numbers, there was NO WAY I could be insulin resistant (so if
>anyone out there is similar) and that unless I was diabetic (which I'm
>not),
>the GTT would be useless.
>
>So, hope this helps some of you...apparently I'm one of the cases that
>disproves the link between insulin and PCOS..Strange huh?
>
>Stacy
>
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