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Re: cyproterone acetate question??????From: Kirsten (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 6 May 2001 02:54:21 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 4 May 2000, some_1 wrote: > >Hi there. > >I've just been prescribed cyproterone acetate (here in the UK), I wish >to know, if you can help, how effective it is for hirsutism particualry >when its worse in the chin area) -I am hoping in the bad areas it will >make it much finer and not so noticeable. > >I am also on dianette pill and notice it only contains 2mg of >cyproterone acetate whereas this new tablet has 50mg but I only take 1 a >day and only for 10 days of the month. > >Is this a sufficient dosage. > >I'd love some answers or even more info than I've asked if you can be of >some help. > >Thanks so much for reading > >bye Hello, I live in France and here cyproterone acetate is the standard treatment for PCOS. I took it for about 12 years (50 mg + an estrogen pill or cream 20 days a month) and it took care of all my PCOS symptoms in a radical way (except weight gain; I didn't actually gain weight but found it difficult to lose - I'm not too overweight though ). HOWEVER, I did experience severe side effects - depression (on and off but fairly paralyzing), loss of libido (last five years of treatment, not at the beginning), fatigue (at one point I was sleeping 14 hours a day!). Since these side effects were not listed on the notice and none of my doctors told me about them I just went on taking it thinking it was "me"(the brand name here is Androcur - I'm bitter that pharmaceutical companies are apparently not obliged to inform patients and doctors about recognized side effects). I eventually did an internet search on it and came up with a list of side effects as long as my arm - some pretty scary. It can also make your periods stop although apparently this isn't really a problem medically (not much fun though - I basically feel as if I went through menopause 20 years early!) I'm now taking metformin which keeps things in check if I'm fairly careful about diet and get a bit of exercise. From what I've read spironolactone sounds just as effective and less risky although obviously this is just my experience and lots of people take cyproterone acetate without any problems. There! Best of luck!
-- Kirsten
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