PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for June, 2002: Re: ANYONE ON ACTOS FOR PCOS??

Re: ANYONE ON ACTOS FOR PCOS??

From: Alana (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:34:19 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi there! I was diagnosed w/ PCOS when I was 19- put on the pill by my gynocologist, but then eventually stopped that and saw a specialist who confirmed the diagnosis, tested me for insulin resistance, and put me on Glucophage. It ended up not helping any of my symptoms (no period, excessive body/facial hair). Also, I had lost a lot of my hair (on my head) and stopped losing it, but haven't gotten any of it back =(. So I just started Actos to see if it will help me grow back some of my hair, get my period, and lose some of the body/facial hair. I'm about 10 pounds overweight, but was able to drop that from about 25 pounds overweight through reducing my carbs and maintaining my excersize routine. I maintained my weight while on Glucophage and am not sure what will happen with Actos, but I'll let you know how it goes- and anyone who wants, feel free to email me (donny5@aol.com) w/ advice/questions/especially about things to help grow back hair and diet tips for insulin resistant PCOS girls. Also, any fellow college students who are interested in talking to me about PCOS I would love to hear from you. Thanks!

At Sun, 9 Jul 2000, neotas wrote: >
>I have pcos and was on Rezulin until it was pulled from the market.I
>loved it because it really regulated my cycles and helped me ovulate. I
>FELT NORMAL!! My RE switched me to Actos and I have only been on it
>since May and can't really tell if it works as well as Rezulin. Although
>I have had one 34 day cycle since switching and am on day 13 of my 2nd
>Actos cycle, so maybe it is working?! Anyway, I was wondering if anyone
>else is on Actos? I mostly just see that women are on metformin and I am
>starting to think my Re was wrong to put me on Actos. Is Actos just
>such a new drug that many don't know of it yet(I would like to think
>that my RE is on the leading edge of things!LOL!) Or is Actos not the
>best choice and that is why I am not seeing many women on it? I have
>never been on metformin and from what I read, it has some yucky
>side-effects, so maybe that is why he put me on Actos. Any thoughts?
> Tracy

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