Re: PCOS - Where to get Metformin
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:09:22 -0700
How can you buy a prescription drug off the internet without a physician
consult and prescription?
Renee
Cynthia wrote:
>
> I ordered the drug but have not received it yet. I am going to my
> endocrinologist tomorrow to discuss it with her, because I don't like
> the idea of taking a drug without my physician's support or knowledge. I
> am checking my blood sugar levels regularly and I am going to take those
> figures into her to see what she thinks. Sometimes my blood sugar goes
> down below 60 and sometimes it is above 200. The time it bothers me the
> most is when it is low. I get nauseous, have a horrible brain fog and
> get very dizzy. I don't know anything about taking Metformin and
> Ovranette together. I'm sorry that I don't know anymore than that. I
> would check with your doctor to make sure it is okay to take the
> medicine no matter what it is. There might be a good reason why s/he
> doesn't want you to take it.
> Cynthia
>
> >Hi Cynthia, thanks for your reply, if your dr would not give you metformin would you buy it off the internet and start taking it, I am tempted as everything I have read about it makes it sound amazing and that I should be on it but I just feel that if something went wrong and I had to go to my dr and tell him I am on a drug that I bought from the internet I would feel stupid, what do you think???? also can you tell me if it is safe for me to take Met with my oral contraceptive which is Ovranette??
> >
> >thank for listening,
> >
> >Amanda.
> >
>
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Renee Cordrey, MSPT, MPH, CWS
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