Re: Dr. Sam: Any ideas for PCOS hairloss?
From: Sandra (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 3 Feb 2002 17:00:03 -0600 (CST)
Dr. Sam -
Does this mean if I am able to lose weight and exercise more to keep the
insulin under control that the hair loss will slow down, too?
Thanks!
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Sandra
At Sat, 2 Feb 2002, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
>
>Hi Fergus,
>
>Basically if you ttreat the cause of PCOS (IR) it will help with all the other problems (androgen side effectsm, hypertension infertility, etc.)
>
>Sam
>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Zalányi" <zalanyi.samuel@drotposta.hu>
>> To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
>> <pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 12:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: Dr. Sam: Any ideas for PCOS hairloss?
>>
>> > Second: spironolactone is one of the weakest antiandrogens, in fact it is
>> a diuretic with a-a side effects. If you live in a country where Diane or
>> Androcur are available or Finasteride, they are much stonger a-as.
>>
>> I understand that spironolactone also treats hypertension. I realize that
>> this is probably not much of a selling point to people with normal blood
>> pressure, but my partner suffers from PCOS and high blood pressure. Do any
>> of these other three drugs combine the anti-androgen and blood pressure
>> effects of spironolactone? Thanks.
>>
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