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Re: Another Useless Dr's Appt Today
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 1 Apr 2001 05:50:32 +0100 (MET DST)
Hi Jane,
How long have you been on metformin and on spironolactone to say they didn't work?
Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)
> My endrocrinologist put me on glucophage which didn;t work then put me
> on spironolactone to treat acne. My derm put me on accutane last year
> which didn;t work then put me on minocin(she wan;t familiar with spiro).
> I went to a new R.E./gyno this week and he wasn't familiar with treating
> PCOS acne with spiro either. He suggested I get a sonogram/ultrasound
> of ovary to check for possible tumor on ovary that might be causing my
> acne since the spiro and minocin aren't working.So it proves, that no
> one speciality is better at diagnosing nor treating PCOS-which makes us
> wonder which doctor to belive?
>
> At Sat, 31 Mar 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> > Hi Renee,
> >
> > Your case is quite typical. Regular endocrinologists (with their
> background
> > in internal medicine) are difficult at recognizing PCOS, which is more of
> a
> > gynecological disorder, or at least it used to be.
>
> >
> >> > I did get a RX for my acne,,,,some kind of antibiotic.....
> >> > Here comes the Yeast infection next.... :(
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for letting me vent
> >> > Renee
> >> >
>
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