PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for June, 2001: Re: muscle soreness in legs -- off Glucophage -- insulin levels normal...

Re: muscle soreness in legs -- off Glucophage -- insulin levels normal...

From: anonymous

anonymous@obgyn.net

Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:10:54 -0400

About your leg pain...This probably isn't your situation, but I thought I'd write about it all the same (its not related to PCOS as far as I know). If anyone ever has pain or cramping in their legs (especially their calves) DON'T rub it or massage it or anything. I had a horrible cramp in my calf that went on for a couple days, and I rubbed it thinking I had pulled something at aerobics class, but it turned out to be blood clots (they did an ultrasound on my legs and found lots of lovely clots) that then migrated up to my lungs (potentially fatal). All the nurses at the hospital emphasized that no one should EVER rub/massage their legs because it might be a blood clot. I don't know what sports therapists or massage therapists say about this, but I just know that I'll never do it again. If you're concerned about deep vein thrombosis in your legs (blood clots), walk around a lot (at least a few minutes for every hour you spend sitting), avoid eating lots of vitamin K (dark green veggies, oils, soy), take an aspirin (thins the blood), and of course, see your doctor! Since lots of us take BCPs for PCOS, we should all be aware that they up the risk of having blood clots in the legs or lungs dramatically. I didn't know this while I was taking ortho-tricyclen, and it could have killed me. Just FYI!

Much love

>Subject: Re: muscle soreness in legs -- off Glucophage -- insulin levels normal...

>Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 00:35:37 -0500

>Hi Terry,

>I have a question for you: how do you know you had lactic acidosis?

>Lactic acidosis is a life threatening and immediate emergency...you

>could need dialysis if it lasted more than a few days.

>What about potassium? Metformin inhibits the absorbtion of food and

>nutrients, so having low potassium could have been causing your leg

>pain. I also get the same horrible cramps if I don't eat plenty of

>potassium rich foods (there are also potassium supplements). Did your

>doc mention this to you?

>You were on a fairly low dose of met. Were the normal insulin levels

>recorded when you were on the met, or off? It may have been working for

>your insulin, just causing some malabsorbtion. This is just mvvho, I

>hope you find an answer that will help you.

>luck and love, SusieQ

> >

> >Hello,

> >

> >A few questions: has anyone had to go off Glucophage (I was on 500mg

> >2x/day for 2.5 years) due to the muscle soreness caused by the

> >supposedly rare lactic acid build up? And then had normal insulin

> >levels? And if you were put on another medicaiton what did you go on?

> >It's a relief to longer have the excruciating leg pain, but I'm

> >wondering if my insulin levels will stay down and if they do, does that

> >mean I no longer have PCOS?

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