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Re: Glucophage Dosage too high?From: anonymous@obgyn.net12 Sep 2001 13:49:56 -0700
On Wed, 12 September 2001, Dona wrote:
> I'm on 2000 mg and I weigh 180-190 (depending on whose scale I'm on - always more at the doctor's). Read Dr. Glueck: http://uc.edu/~gartsips/polycyst.htm#faq about halfway down on the page: Major weight loss in women who are obese. Weight loss can be facilitated by Metformin (500 or 850 mg, three times/day with meals)* Methods to ameliorate infertility: Clomiphene, various assisted-reproduction procedures, partial ovarian resection, Metformin (500 or 850 mg, three times/day with meals)* or Rezulin, 400 mg/day. To reduce the clinical manifestations of androgen excess and restore normal menstrual bleeding: a. Antiandrogen (spironolactone or cyproterone, or both) b. oral contraceptive therapy. c. Metformin (500 or 850 mg, three times/day with meals)* or Rezulin, 400 mg/day. * Metformin is a widely available, safe, effective drug used for treatment of adult onset diabetes. It can be given safely to subjects with normal blood glucose levels because it will not lower them. Metformin should not be used in patients with substantially reduced renal function (serum creatinine >1.5, creatinine clearance < 60%) because of increased risk of a rare side effect, lactic acidosis.
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