PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for May, 2001: Re: Dr. Sam--Question about meds interaction

Re: Dr. Sam--Question about meds interaction

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 27 May 2001 19:02:49 +0100 (MET DST)

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> Wow, that totally makes sense to me now. I had very few symptoms of
> PCOS prior to quitting Ortho-Tricyclen this time. I had stopped the
> pill in the past, but only had to induce one menses and then I was back
> on schedule. Minor/infrequent cysts when I was in my teens. To think I
> was doing good for my body with all the cancer protection the pill
> offers, when really I was making my PCOS worse. I was wondering why
> this hadn't happened before (acne, amenorrhea, weight gain, etc.), and
> why the PCOS would "suddenly" develop.

Unfortunatley nobody knows. There are people who are overweight since childhood, otherones start at menarchae, while some only develop after childbearing. It's difficult to understand, because PCOS is a genetic disease. For further info

Sam

> At Fri, 25 May 2001, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:> >
> >Hi Mel,
> >
> >I exactly mean what I say: BCPs deteriorate insulin resistance. If you
> check the contraindications for combined types of BCPs, diabetes is one of
> them. Insuline resistance is the stage prior to type2 diabetes.
> >Yes I am trying to say: BCPs are making insulin resistance worse. There are
> piles of scientific papers on this topic, most of them written in the late
> '70s early '80s. I think this is enough basis to warn against taking them,
> besides tha fact that they only mask, sometimes even deteriorate PCOS.
> Therefore I often suggest that progestins are better to induce periods than
> taking BCPs.
> >For your info
> >
> >Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)
> >

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