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From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:08:56 +0200
Hi Barb,
As with any medication one should take the lowest effective dose. So, I don"t see any reason to increase your dose to 1500 mg before checking your glucose metabolism again.
Sam
> Dear Dr. Sam:
>
> Do you know of any studies done with Metformin/Gluchophase where the
> dose is lower than 1500mg? I have asked my doc to check my insulin level
> at 1 1/2 weeks on 500mg before moving up to 1000mg. (additionally I
> have cut out all empty foods -candy cookies chips etc- out of my diet.)
> I would love to read about any studies that experimented with the dose
> level instead of just moving to the 1500 dose. It seems to me the
> minimal amount of this drug would be the best to use as long as it is
> working. History: I found out I had high Insulin levels (29.1) just
> days after I got pregnant (with out the use of any drug) My doc says I
> have PCOS and he can tell just by looking at me. He put me on
> Glucophase and is working me up to a 1500mg dose.
>
> Thanks for reading my message.
>
> Barb
>
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