Re: All these meds with PCOS..when do I take what?
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:59:26 +0100 (MET DST)
Hi Allison,
It is fine if the endocrinologist is sympathetic and listens to you but even better if he/she would treat your disease not your symptoms (Meriodia for weight, Spironolactone for hirsutism, Atenolol for high BP, salt for taste, pepper for spice etc...)
If you have PCOS you need somebody who understands the condition. At the core of the problem is insuline resistence (IR).
IR causes high insulin levels in your system leading to androgen overproduction in the follicles (ovaries). This in turn causes weight gain (on the waist), male type hair growth, balding, hypertension and also anovulation (long, irregular cycles, prolonged bleeding, infertility). In short: you need only one medicine for your PCOS and it is metformin plus levoxyl for hypothyroidism. To correct your medication further: metformin should be taken evenly: that is one dose with breakfast and another with dinner or a third with lunch, but taking 1500 mg once in the evening makes little sense for me.
Discuss these suggestion with him, or look for second opinion
Sam (Ob/Gyn, RE)
> I was just diagnosed with PCOS about 1 1/2 ago. I have FINALLY found an
> endo that was sympathitc with my condition & listened to me. She has
> FIMNALLY put me on the right meds.to treat me from what I've seen on the
> boards. I have every imaginable problem related to this syndrome known
> possible. I sometimes get teased by some of my peers like I enjoy going
> to the Drs. all the time or something. But at any case. All these
> meds. I'm on I don't know how & when to take them. I've heard so many
> conflicting reports I don't know what to belive. Here's a list of what
> I'm on currently: Meridia 15mg 1x/day (weight), Spironolactone 50mg
> 2x/day (hirutisim), Atenolol 50mg 1x/day (high bp), Levoxyl 0.1mg 1x/day
> (hypothyroid, I think, I get them confused), ortho-tricyclen 1x/day (to
> regulate my cycles a little more), and FINALLY Glucophage XR 500mg
> 3pills 1x/day suppose to be at dinner (insulin resistence.) Some
> conserns I have is that since I am on so many meds. is there any
> possibilty that they can be counter acting with each other. Basically
> cancelling out the effects of one med? Also, is there any foods or over
> the counter meds. etc. I should watch Also I've heard that one can
> only be taken 2 hrs. before any meds. or you eat anything, others you
> have to take with food. Others with dinner. It drives me nuts
> sometimes & hard to keep up with. Any suggestions from women on similar
> meds. & what they do, how they take them & what works best for them.
> ANY suggestions would be greatly apprecitated. Thanks in advance!!!
>
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