Re: Metformin - only 500mg/day?
From: Renee (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 25 Sep 2001 19:20:53 -0700
I really think it depends on your body. 500 mg brought me down to normal for
my insulin. If I took 1500 mg, I'd have no circulating insulin, which is also
a problem.
I recommend checking the blood levels to see what effect 500 has, then
increasing it if your levels are still high. I'm one to always start low, and
re-assess the need for higher doses.
Renee
anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
> On Mon, 24 September 2001, "Cindy Harting" wrote:
>
> >I don't necessarily agree that 1500 mg is the
> > minimum dosage required. I think everybody responds differently to the med. I
> > myself was taking only 500 mg for awhile because I couldn't handle anything
> > more. I finally went up to 850 mg but couldn't go up any higher than
> > that. So I don't necessarily think that 500 mg is too
> > low. It all depends on the person I would just double check with your doctor to be
> > sure. Perhaps s/he just wanted to see if you could handle it first
>
> You're right, anyone who has doubts about their dosage should double-check with her doctor. However, doctors are not always right. Sometimes they don't know what they are doing, and don't admit to it, or are behind on information they should have before writing a prescription.
>
> It's obviously a personal decision, but one that should be made with as much information as possible. Sometimes it helps to have a second (and even third) opinion. I know there is a specific study out there that showed that 1500 mg. is the minimum required for PCOS, but I cannot locate it at this time.
>
> Check out these links:
> http://uc.edu/~gartsips/polycyst.htm#treatment
>
> http://www.ivf.com/pcostreat.html
>
> http://www.advancedfertility.com/metformin.htm
>
> You will notice that they all mention a minimum of 1500 mg.
>
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