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Re: does metforim help you ovulate? From: Cyndi (anonymous@obgyn.net) Fri, 12 Apr 2002 20:43:52 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Presley: "Re: Anyone else tired and depressed on mono-phasic bcp" Previous message: jen: "Spiro and hair still out of control" At Thu, 25 May 2000, Avalos, wrote: > >Amy... > >That's why I said "if it happens to work for you" because it is not >guaranteed to work for everyone. >My RE told me the ALMOST same thing. He said that Met was successful with >many women and did induce ovulation in them (as well as periods). He said >that in some patients it happened in a couple of months, while in others it >took up to 8 months, and with others, it did not happen at all... So, I get >the feeling that it is a very individual thing, and it may depend on how >closely one's infertility is tied to one's insulin resistance. (for some it >is more so than for others, hence the varying effects of Met). > >Clara >I have no idea who will be reading this and I'm just jumping in here because I just found out I have PCOS, and am 33 years old and probably like a large majority of you dying to become pregnant, and feeling my biological clock ticking. I don't care who responds back to this as long as you can fill it full of advise, I'm open to hear anything..I'm curious. I have insulin resistance, I'm on 850 mg starting out of Metformin, until I meet with my family doctor for further analysis. If you have any answers to my zillion questions please email me! Sorry to just barge in, I didn't know which email to apologetically interupt. >-----Original Message----- >From: Amy Crowe [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net >Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 9:48 AM >To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION >Subject: Re: does metforim help you ovulate? > >Clara - When my OB/GYN put me Met she told me that it would not guarentee >ovulation...It will enforse periods but not ovulation.... >Amy > >"Avalos, Clara" wrote: > >> Hi... >> >> Metformin is supposed to address your insulin resistance which is thought >to >> be the underlying cause of our failure to ovulate (those of us with >PCOS).. >> so yes, at some point, if it happens to work for you, it should make you >> ovulate and have periods and the whole bit. >> >> Met can be used alone or in combination with Spironolactone (my current >> cocktail) >> or can also be combined with Clomid (for those who are TTC).... >> >> Clara >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: melissalauer@hotmail.com [mailto:melissalauer@hotmail.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 8:18 PM >> To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION >> Subject: does metforim help you ovulate? >> >> I was diagnosed a few months ago and haven't been put on any medications >> yet. Just provera. i want to try and concieve but if i go on metforim >> will it help me? Also will it regulate my period? I'm not worried about >> my weight or acne or anything but my doctor refuses to even talk about >> clomid with me so is metforim the way to go? melissa >> Next message: Presley: "Re: Anyone else tired and depressed on mono-phasic bcp" Previous message: jen: "Spiro and hair still out of control"

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