Re: glucophage
From: Suzanne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 31 May 2002 21:10:41 -0700
i have never heard of not taking folic acid and zinc with gluc. my dr. is a
pcos specialist and extremely thorough...i am sure she would have mentioned
it...where is this documented?
>----- Original Message -----
From: "grace" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
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Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: glucophage
> At Fri, 31 May 2002, tracey wrote:
> >
> >does anybody know if it is safe to take folic acid and zinc at the same
> >time as glucophage????
>
> Hi Tracey. I am on 1500 mg of glucophage / day and have been told by
> docs and have also studied to NOT add folic acid or zinc. Since PCOS
> girls like us don't menstruate regularly (and myself I don't without
> prometrium), you can acutally acquire toxicity levels in your blood.
> Taking a multi vitamin is beneficial though, and you will get folic and
> zinc in the foods you eat...
>
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