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Re: hormone levels
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:03:25 +0100 (MET DST)
Hi Christa,
As I have pointed out in another letter on this board, spironolactone is absolutely superfluous if you take Diane, but it takes ca 3 mo for your skin to clear up.
Sam
> I was originally prescribed OTC (orthotricyclen) BCP to try to help my
> skin. I was taking the spironolactone for the hirsutism, and the
> glucophage for the IR. I was put on antibiotics for the acne since my
> skin was still bad. The dermatologist was hoping that would help me. He
> then mentioned about the Diane helping women with the acne problems from
> the PCOS in Europe which is how I originally heard about. I have just
> switched the BCP I'm taking from OTC to the Diane and have kept
> everything else the same. When my skin starts to clear up I will get
> off the antibiotics.
>
> At Sat, 24 Mar 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> >Hi Christa,
> >
> >There are several hundred hormones in the system, so nobody can tell you
> "anything about hormone levels and blood work".
> >Try to be more specific and give the corresponding lab results numerically
> and together with units.
> >As for your medication: why were you prescribed spironolactone and Diane
> together?
> >
> >Looking forward
> >
> >Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)
> >
> >> Can anyone tell me anything about hormone levels and blood work? I just
> >> got my blood work done but the endo said everything is within the normal
> >> range. I take 200mg of spironolactone, 1500mg of glucophage,
> >> antibiotics(200mg) for my skin, and have just started taking the Diane
> >> 35 BCP two weeks ago. I thought some of the male hormones would show up
> >> as being high. Can anyone tell me about their experience with this?
> >> Thank you!!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Christa :-)
> >>
>
> --
> Christa :-)
>
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