PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for June, 2001: Re: Help, please -- I'm freaking out

Re: Help, please -- I'm freaking out

From: Sue (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 12:17:02 -0500 (CDT)

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>I started taking Glucophage two days ago, and I'm freaking out, because I've had muscle pain in my legs and arms since then. Okay, I do tend toward the health-related freak-out, but should I worry about lactic acidosis?<

While muscle pain *can* (and I emphasize CAN) be a symptom of LA, it is not the most common, nor is it the most accurate. I have survived LA and had NO muscle pain whatsoever. Additionally, since you stated that your kidneys are healthy and your overall health is good (infering that you don't have liver or lung problems), it would be HIGHLY UNLIKELY that you have LA after 2 days of met therapy. LA usually builds up in the system over about 2 weeks and then you end up with symptoms like -shortness of breath or rapid breathing-signficantly increased heart rate-*extreme* fatigue-and occasional muscle fatigue/pain. LA is somewhat confusing in its diagnosis as a blood test will show up results similar to aspirin poisoning (assuming you have symptoms and the physician doesn't nec. go looking for LA). The blood test must be drawn from an arterial puncture to get an accurate test result. Normal amts of LA are in our bodies on a daily basis (with or without met therapy) and are excreted through our kidneys and by expiration through the lungs. If you have breathing problems or kidney failure, then the build up of LA is more likely, but still not guaranteed.

Since you also stated that you are easily freaked out by medical issues, you really need to discuss this with your RE. Don't talk to a nurse practioner or someone else who is only vaguely familiar with met and LA, talk to your RE. Discuss your concerns and your need for an open and honest relationship with him/her. This will help to dispel some of the boogeymen of medical science and give you an accurate way to check your fears at the door, so to speak.

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