PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for December, 2001: Re: pcos and insulin resistance

Re: pcos and insulin resistance

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 19:45:43 -0600 (CST)

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Hi Teresa!

1) When you had your insulin test, was it just a one shot deal? Were you fasting? Was your blood drawn several times over a few hours after you drank a sugary drink? A regular insulin check may not show up any problems. What's called an IGTT, where you draw blood over several hours, shows the ratio of blood sugar to insulin and can be really helpful in determining insulin resistance.

2) Even if you are not IR, there is some data coming out now that shows that women with PCOS, WITHOUT IR that shows up on tests, benefit from Met. So it may help you too! I have heard as well (but only from other women on discussion boards, not from a medical source) that some OBGYN's / RE's are prescribing Met even for women who don't have PCOS at all as a drug to restore normal ovulation, and that it works! Strange to think about but there might be something to it.

At Wed, 19 Dec 2001, teresa wrote: >
>hi, i have had pcos since i was a teen and have all of the very severe
>forms of it. lots of hair(everywhere!) obesity irregular ovulation and
>either no periods or bleeding all the time. now i am trying to get
>pregnant and the doctor did a insulin test and it came back that i do
>not have any problems with sugar. would glucophage still help me to
>ovulate regularly? if anyone knows anything about this or has any
>experience please share it with me.
>you can also email me privately at gs69me@aol.com
>thanks
>teresa

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Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org

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