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Re: Glucophage/metformin

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 02 Jun 2001 13:27:02 -0500

Hi Valerie,

Your diagnosis of PCOS is somewhat dubious to me, could you elaborate on that? (Hormones, ultrasound etc.) You are right, some lab work would be advantageous for Dx and for later comparisons. For your info

Sam (Ob-gyn,RE)

>
> Hi y'all,
>
> I am new to this board but have a question. I was diagnosed 10 years
> ago with PCOS and have had years of infertility. I am not overweight,
> do not have facial hair, but do have acne and very irregular,
> non-ovulatory periods. My GYN prescribed 850/once a day of Glucophage
> yesterday. He did not do blood work to see if I am insulin resistant
> but said to try it and will check for ovulation with an ovulation kit
> and/or progesterone level on day 21. My questions are: is this a normal
> level to start on (it seems that 500/3 times a day is more common) and
> should I have blood work done before I start the meds. I am supposed to
> start them today but I am feeling unsure. We would love to get
> pregnant. Any advice would be great.
>
> Thanks, Kvm27

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