Re: Vaniqua
From: Ruth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:40:32 -0600 (CST)
Molly -
You must be one great, supportive Mom! Hurray for you and your daughter
for becoming educated on all this PCOS stuff! Ruth ;-)
At Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Molly wrote:
>
>On the subject of lasers, my daughter had thousands of dollars worth of
>treatment that weren't successful. She then tried another type and it was
>mildly successful. I know new types are coming out all the time...there is
>supposed to be a microwave type out in the future. I understand your
>concerns about being the guinea pig!
>Tne other thing about Vaniqua- it is only for facial hair and you must
>continue using it for it to be successful.
>Dr. Geoffrey Redmond, one of the speakers at our PCOSA Convention in June
>and also the symposium in NY last September, participated in the clinical
>studies. Dr. Redmond is also the author of the book The Good News About
>Women's Hormones. As with all of our new PCOS treatments, it is a very
>personal decision. At my age I probably wouldn't go through the trouble.
>Rachel is 17 and thrilled with Vaniqua.
>Take care!!
>Molly Shulman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net
>Behalf Of Lisa Bleyle
>Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:17 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: Re: Vaniqua
>
>Hi, I asked my Doctor about this product and she recommended VERY
>strongly against it. She read the 'studies' (her emphasis) and said
>that they didn't convince her that it had any benefits and the studies
>were so small that she felt that any side effects would not have had
>time to show, not to mention the cost of the drug. She said that if you
>calculated the cost of the drug over time it was way cheaper to go and
>get laser treatment which should only have to be done a few times at the
>most( since hairs are sometimes in dormant phase) and is permanent. In
>terms of preparation though she said you should not pluck or use
>depilatories before the laser only shave. I am going to try to do that
>once I save up a little money. Not to sound alarmist and if it is
>working I am really happy for people but I hate being the guinea pig.
>
>Lisa Bleyle
>
>At Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Molly wrote:
>>
>>My teen daughter is having a very good response to Vaniqua. There is a
>huge
>>improvement in the hair growth on her face. She used a dipilatory first.
>>She has been using it for about 2 months.
>>Good luck!
>>Molly Shulman
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net
>>Behalf Of anonymous
>>Sent: Monday, January 01, 2001 6:17 PM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>>Subject: Re: Vaniqua
>>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I was wondering how vaniqua was still working for you? Can I order this
>>over the phone? And I know you mentioned laser surgery, but do you think
>>it would work if the hair was waxed and the cream was then used? Thank
>>you, I hope to hear from you.
>>
>>At Sat, 21 Oct 2000, kathe wrote:
>>>
>>>hello all,
>>>
>>>I just picked up my first very small tube on Vaniqua at the Pharmacy. I
>>>had my 1st laser treatment last week and with minor success. I sure
>>>hope Vaniqua will help the treatments. FYI: it cost me $39.05 from the
>>>Kaiser Pharmacy in California. I was the 1st to order the product!!!
>>>YEAH! I will keep you posted of my results.
>>>
>>>Since I have been shaving my face for 20 years so I sure hope this
>>>works!!!
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