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Re: Dianette
From: maria (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:57:21 -0500 (CDT)
>thank you very much for the advise,I've been finding information very hard to come by and n would you recommend visiting and endrocologist?
>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "maria" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION"
><pcos-medication@mail.medispecialty.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 1:11 PM
>Subject: Re: Dianette
>
>> My doctor seems to be of the opinion that as long as i'm not longer in
>> pain then thats all I have to worry about , she said I shouldnt be
>> worrying about infertility or anything else unless I've a reason to
>> worry, but reading here of PCOS it seems I may have [...]
>
>PCOS can make it difficult for a woman to conceive, yes.
>
>> [...] I'm worried if I
>> come off the pill I'll be back to square one!
>
>I'm not a doctor, but that sounds like a reasonable concern. Since Dianette
>does not treat insulin resistance, it's only going to mask your symptoms.
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>> I'm just wondering do
>> people recommend I just get on with taking Dianette and nothing else
>> until I have more to worry about or should I push my doctor to prescribe
>> something else.
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>I think you should discuss insulin resistance and its link to PCOS with your
>doctor. You should tell your doctor that you want a treatment that will not
>only alleviate your symptoms (that seems to be her idea of success). Tell
>her you have a different goal: to treat the underlying cause of your
>syndrome whether you are experiencing symptoms while taking Dianette or not.
>
>I am not a doctor. There's lots of stuff I don't know. I'm just some guy
>who loves a woman who suffers from the same thing. I'm suspicious than any
>birth control pill is the best treatment for PCOS, though.
>
>> realy i suppose I'm wondering how serious is Dianette, i'm from Ireland
>> and we don't have alot of information available here.
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>I don't know what you mean by "serious."
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>A resource on medications that I find useful is http://www.rxlist.com. Having a
>lack of info is definitely bad, IMO. Why should Ireland as a nation have
>poor access to info on medication? Are you sure that it's not just your
>doctor? Some doctors are old-fashioned and think that they know best for
>the patient, the patient shouldn't really have a say, and the patient
>doesn't need to know very much about her treatments. I don't find doctors
>like that very helpful.
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