Re: Glucophage and ...nails?
From: Ruth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:15:14 -0600 (CST)
Hi - I started taking a vitamin E supplement every day to help with the
nail problems. I have very dry nails and toenails. I had read that
women with PCOS sometimes have vitamin E deficiency. Vitamin E also
helps infertility (they give it to horses and cows to help infertility).
Since vitamin E in fat soluble, your body stores it, so you must read
the label and not take too much. I also got a bottle of vitamin E (with
a littel brush in it) at the health store that I put on my nails and
toenails sometimes before going to bed. Since it is oil, you just
massage it in. That seems to help them not be so brittle or soft. There
are lots of herbal remedies that are also available for helping nails.
You can check at the pharmacy or health food stores.
Good luck! Ruth ;-)
At Fri, 12 Jan 2001, autobeau wrote:
>
>I don't know if this will work for you, but I have
>found something that works with my nails. It's hoof
>repair for horses. I know it sounds kind of crazy but
>if you apply it like polish and let it dry, do this a
>couple times a week and it seems to help. Tera
>--- Aslihan <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:
>> I have PCOs since I was 18, and I have the same
>> problem with my nails,
>> too.
>> They are always been so soft and peels off of the
>> tips..
>> I don't know if it has anything to do with the PCOS.
>> I've tried every nail polish and solution I can
>> find, but no luck!!!!!
>> I would love to know if there is anything to do!
>> :)
>> ASLIHAN
>>
>> At Thu, 11 Jan 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>> >
>> >Don't forget, though, it's also winter time, and
>> the cold weather zaps
>> >moisture out of everything - hair, nails, skin,
>> etc.
>> >
>> >At Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Zowie wrote:
>> >>
>> >>Hi Jenny, and welcome to the board. I'm not
>> positive if the Glucophage
>> >>(also known as Metformin, which I was just
>> recently put on) causes the
>> >>nail problem---but my nails have been that way for
>> some time now. I was
>> >>diagnosed in April '99 with PCOS, but I believe
>> I've had it since 10/11
>> >>around the time I started my periods. My nails
>> are very, VERY
>> >>soft---they literally bend, except for my thumb
>> nails. Those are the
>> >>only hard ones I have. My nails typically always
>> get knicked (just my
>> >>luck) and end up peeling off at the tips. I've
>> yet to find a reason for
>> >>this, but I thought it was just me. Maybe it has
>> something to do with
>> >>PCOS, since my nails have been like this ever
>> since I can remember, and
>> >>I was only put on the Met this Tuesday. So I'm
>> not positive about the
>> >>answer, but it's certainly not a dumb question.
>> (Have you seen some of
>> >>MINE lately??)
>> >>
>> >>t Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Jenny wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>Hi, I'm new here and don't know all of the
>> "etiquette" stuff for these
>> >>>boards yet. But I have a dumb question about the
>> Glucophage I'm taking.
>> >>>
>> >>>I found out about hyperinsulinism and PCOS in
>> June, 2000. I've had PCOS
>> >>>since 1981 but no one knew anything about
>> treatment. I had the glucose
>> >>>tolerance test and insulin levels and found out I
>> was early (borderline,
>> >>>whatever) diabetic and my GP started me on the
>> glucophage in July, 2000.
>> >>>I have no big problems, I can live with diarrhea
>> and gas if I have
>> >>>normal periods, BUT my fingernails have all
>> broken off, become very
>> >>>brittle and split and peeled. I have always had
>> beautiful of nails and
>> >>>for some stupid reason I find this heartbreaking!
>> I've looked at the
>> >>>insert and the warnings on Glucopghage and found
>> nothing on this. Should
>> >>>I just give up and resign myself to having ugly
>> nails or should I take
>> >>>hair and nail vitamins?
>> >>>
>> >>>I'm sorry that this is such a dumb question, but
>> no one seems to know.
>> >>>
>> >>>--
>> >>>Jenni
>> >>>
>> >>--
>> >>-- Zowie :)
>> >>
>>
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