Re: Avandia vs. Metformin
From: Donna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 12:49:43 -0600 (CST)
At Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Sue wrote:
>Thanks Sue for the info and I will keep that in mind.
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Donna
>>So yes Glitazones do work and you can get pregnant on them without clomid, but once your pregnant you have a lot of worries about how having PCOS will affect your pregnancy.<
>
>I recently saw a perinatologist (maternal-fetal medicine; very high risk
>OB) at the request of my RE. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that
>although I am on Actos (30 mg), I would be permitted to remain on it,
>should I get pg. The only thing (and I take a lot of stuff, including a
>steroidal inhaler for asthma) I wouldn't be allowed to continue was
>spironolactone, but I knew of its potential for birth defects in male
>babies, so that wasn't surprising at all. This dr. professed to be
>very conservative, but adheres to a policy of "although there might be a
>small risk to a baby in utero, it's likely worse for that child to have
>a mother whose hormones work to [essentially] kill it or who can't
>breathe."
>
>Anyhow, you might want to press the issue with your RE. I'm still
>surprised, but I have an inkling that the last time I miscarried, it was
>due to the insulin resistance and the whacko hormones in my system.
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