PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for August, 2001: Re: Started GlucophageXR today and need some answers please!!!

Re: Started GlucophageXR today and need some answers please!!!

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 18 Aug 2001 10:46:12 +0200

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Hi L.M.

Metformin is safe, it wouldn't be on the market otherwise, but going on with 100 lbs overweight and running the risk of turning type2 diabetic is a real risk. You can ovulate on metformin, so you should use some form of contraception, no BCP preferably.

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Sam (Ob/Gyn,RE)

> Hi. I am new to this forum. I have had PCOS for a long time and up
> until now I have just pushed it to the back of my mind. I got pregnant
> quite easily on fertility drugs and had triplets and definitely do not
> want to have any more children. I just turned 30 and I have started
> thinking more about my long-term health. My questions are: Is the
> GlucophageXR safe? I worry about the side effects of it since it appears
> I will be on it for the rest of my life. Is lactic acidosis a concern
> and what are the symptoms? Also, is it likely to make me ovulate on my
> own? I have never had to worry about this so it concerns me? I am kind
> of scared to take medications since I have never taken anything
> routinely. I really need some help. I am soooo tired of not feeling
> like a girl. I am 100 lbs. overweight also and I don't know which way
> to go dietwise either. Can anyone out there help me please? Thank you
> in advance.
>

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