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Re: quitting Glucophage????!!!
From: Misty (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 21:02:03 -0600 (CST)
My regular endocrinologist tried to tell me the same thing, to stop as
soon as I was pg, while that has not happened yet, I was ver worried
about it so when I started seeing an RE I asked her, she told me that I
should continue taking it until I was at least 12 weeks to reduce the
chances of miscarriage and possibley through out the entire pg to
prevent gestational diabetes. I have also read numerous studies that it
reduces the chances of m/c from a very high percent of 45 down to about
9 which is much closer to average. The only thing extra you need to do
is take extra folic acid, even more then the amount in a prenatal since
the glucophage depletes it from the body. If I were you I would
consider finding a dr that will continue you on the medication.
Good luck and congradulations.
At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Nancyleigh wrote:
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>My doctor has instructed me to stop taking the glucophage I was taking.
>>He said I should have stopped as soon as I tested positive for pregnancy
>>3 weeks ago, however, I guess I slipped through the cracks and they
>>forgot to tell me to stop. I am worried about 2 things...
>>
>>First, he said that being on the drug for 7+ weeks should have done no
>>harm, but then why take me off? Could *any* harm have been done by
>>taking this drug 7 weeks in? If so, what kind of harm?
>>
>>And second, I have read that being on glucophage for the first trimester
>>greatly reduces the chances of early miscarriage. From what I
>>understand, there have not been enough studies to say conclusively that
>>there is *NO* risk of birth defects, however, that is the direction the
>>class B studies are leaning at this early stage, right? If so, don't the
>>greatly reduced chances of miscarriage (30-50% chance w/o glucophage
>>reduced to 5-11% with, according to several studies I have read)
>>outweigh the VERY remote possibilities of any defects? Or, is the stuff
>>I am reading about the miscarriage rates on and off glucophage
>>INCORRECT?? It is so hard to find out what is true and what is myth! My
>>fertility doctor said that stopping glucophage has NO impact at all on
>>miscarriage rates, but that is just exactly the opposite of what I read
>>almost everywhere I look. Can someone clarify???
>>
>>I am scared stiff to stay on the drug and cause harm to my baby and also
>>about miscarriage if I stop! My doctor said that now that we have seen
>>the heart beat, my odds of miscarriage are less than 5%, same as a
>>non-PCOS person... What do you think?
>
>--
>Nancyleigh
>
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