Re: metformin & birth control pills
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 14 May 2002 18:49:38 +0200
Hi Kelly,
Your dr mistakes one of the effects (amenorrhoea) for the cause of PCOS. The cause is insulin resistance.
Sam
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> >> My daughter, 20 yrs., has been on birth control pills & spironolactone
> >> since her diagnosis. We have read great things about metformin. Do you
> >> have to go off birth control pills when you go on metformin?
> >>
>
> Hi! I have been on Metformin for only 2 weeks now. I am 25 and have
> been diagnosed with PCOS. My doctor says that a main cause of PCOS is
> irregular periods. Therefore, he has also put me on a birth control
> pill to regulate my cycle. Your daughter's doctor shouldn't take her
> off the BC pill. My doctor says in order to control PCOS, you must be
> on both BC pills and medication--in my case Metformin. Otherwise, it is
> a vicious cycle of missed periods/irregular periods and chronic ovarian
> cysts.
>
> I hope this has helped some.
>
> -Kelly-
>
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