PCOS-MEDICATION Messages for July, 2002: Re: Dianette

Re: Dianette

From: Fergus (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:07:08 -0700

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From: "Victoria" <anonymous@obgyn.net> To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION" <pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: Re: Dianette

> From: "Fergus" <ferg@islandnet.com>

[...] > Dianette only masks the symptoms and doesn't treat the underlying
syndrome, > it does nothing to lessen your risk as a PCOS sufferer of developing type
II > diabetes and uterine cancer.
>
> >> That's why I put out the link to the study (think I have more) that
show that the pill appears to lessen the risk of diabetes, and the study mentions PCOS specifically. I was looking for the information on endometrial cancer, as to how you found that out. You didn't say.

Thank you for the link to the study. I haven't had time to review that information yet. As for endometrial cancer, I have not made any comments about it. You raised it. I don't know what you think I found out about it. I have referred only to uterine cancer.

> My advocacy of Glucophage in this specific case is that Dianette
> should not be the primary drug prescribed to treat PCOS; that should be
> Glucophage. Dianette might be appropriate alongside Glucophage, and of
> course a proper diet and reasonable exercise regimen.
>
> >> Why not just diet and exercise or herbal treatments or even the pill
alone (from previous studies I've mentioned)?

Why any treatment? Surely the purpose of treatment is to achieve the best possible result. I am not convinced that diet and exercise alone achieve a better result than combining these sensible factors with Glucophage.

> Kat Carney of soulcysters.com didn't do Glucophage and apparently is doing
quite well.

I know of an old man who smoked multiple times a day for 75 years. He smoked cigars that smelled like burning tires and a pipe. He died at the age of 96 of unrelated causes. Should we conclude that smoking is not a health risk? Or is it more reasonable to interpret these anecdotes as an indication that one person proves nothing?

In statistics there is a precept. Many things achieve a "natural distribution", a bell-curve. If you roll a die once, you will not get a natural distribution. If you roll it a thousand times, you will. As you increase the size of your sample, your distribution will become increasingly normal. Likewise, it's valuable to consider what helps most people the most.

I'm glad Kat Carney "apparently is doing quite well." I hope she continues to enjoy good health.

> What about those people who claim to not be IR? Glucophage can be
effective in 50% to 90% of the population, depending on study.

What about it?

> I'm trying to get people to think and research what they believe in ...
and no, to those of you thinking it, I'm not against Metformin. Check out some of my posts here and on the PCOS list.

Thinking critically is very important. I think it's a worthy aim. Are you claiming that you don't have a bias, though?

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