Re: Dr. Sam--Question about meds interaction
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 26 May 2001 00:43:26 -0500 (CDT)
Have you asked your doctor about Actos or Avandia?? they dont have the
same horrible side affects that met has.
At Fri, 25 May 2001, Melinda wrote:
>Well, I can't even begin to tell you how much I feel like I just
>slammed into a brick wall, a very tall very hard one.
>
>So, theoretically -- I will not hold you responsible for your advice,
>I'm just curious as to your opinion -- if you had a PCOS patient who
>could not tolerate Metformin, what would you do to treat her PCOS? I
>have the kind of doctor who is open to listening to my ideas, but if I
>can't treat it with BCP/Spiro and I can't treat it with Metformin, I
>don't know what to do about it. I certainly don't want to go back to
>doing nothing at all. If there are other options, could you give me
>some suggestions?
>
>In case you didn't see my other message, I'm not talking about the
>usual gas/diarrhea/nausea with the Metformin. It made me so weak I
>could barely stand and felt like even a can of green beans was too
>heavy to carry and I could not wake up for more than a few minutes at a
>time before I sorta passed out again (meaning I fell asleep quick and
>hard, without even noticing, not just fatigue or sleepiness).
>
>Thanks for your advice
>
>--Mel
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