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Re: Glucophage XR and no periods?
From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:33:23 -0600 (CST)
I started taking only 500mg of Glucophage XR over 1 month ago and this
is making my periods more irregular. Unlike many other women with this
condition, I was getting a period every 25 to 26 days. I'm now at 36
days and only just started spotting, like I usually do before my
periods. I've suffered with Hypoglycemia since 18 yrs old and got acne
in my mid twenties and just found out I have poly cystic ovaries.
Eventually, I had to go on Accutane to rid the stubborn acne a few years
ago. Then it started to come back and the OBCPs knocked it out
miraclously. My periods have always been long approx. 2 weeks even on
OBCPs, we never knew why til now(I'm 32 yrs old now). I've passed a lot
of sugar in my urine in my past so we've know long before that I had
trouble with managing my sugar. Thankfully, never been overweight. Has
anyone experienced this? I'm suppose to be on 1000 mg per day, but I'm
chickening out due to the nausea that I get sometimes with 2 pills per
day.
At Fri, 16 Nov 2001, Lori wrote:
>
>At Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Sonnet wrote:
>>
>>It takes quite a long time not only to build up to the correct dosage of
>>Glucophage, but for it to start changing your body around and correcting
>>the problems that are there. It also depends on how severe you PCOS is
>>before you started treatment - it took a long time to get that way, and
>>it will take a while to change it back!
>>
>>Some women see their cycles returning at 2 or 3 months, some after 6,
>>some longer. A few don't see resumption of cycles on Glucophage alone
>>and need time to treat other causes of amennhorrea (which I spelled
>>wrong I think) like thyroid trouble or severe obesity.
>>
>>Given that, if after 6 months or so you haven't seen any changes either
>>in symptoms or drastic changes in bloodwork, consider upping your dose.
>>Maximum recommended by BMS is 2550mg. They also recommend slowly
>>increasing your dose until you get relief or you reach that point.
>>
>>At Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Lori wrote:
>>>
>>>I have been on Glucophage XR since Spetember 16 and I have not gotten my
>>>period yet. Has thins happened to anyone? I thought this was ssuppose
>>>to help? Please let me know
>>
>>--
>>Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
>>
>I am on 1500 now, I went from 500 to 1000 now to 1500. The GYN gradualy
>increased it. I don't have a tyroid problem but I am overweight. I
>have a follow-up on December 12 to see what is going on. I just wish I
>had it (believe it or not) I was so happy she gave it me and I figure I
>would get my period and she told me it could take months but I was
>hoping for sooner.....
>
>--
>Lori, New York
>
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