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Re: quitting Glucophage????!!!
From: Steph (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 12:52:36 -0500 (CDT)
I just found out that I am expecting and the doctor believes I am about
4 to 6 weeks along but we aren't quite sure yet. I have been taking
glucophage for about 1 1/2 years and am confused about it. My
endocrinologist suggested I go off of it but wouldn't give any reason.
My Obgyn said I could stay on it throughout the pregnancy and said he
has had other patients who have done so. Currently I am still taking
1500 mg per day. Has anyone else taken glucophage throughout their
pregnancy? I am a Type II diabetic and insulin resistant. I would love
to hear your story. Email me at s_mestas@hotmail.com
At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Misty wrote:
>
>My regular endocrinologist tried to tell me the same thing, to stop as
>soon as I was pg, while that has not happened yet, I was ver worried
>about it so when I started seeing an RE I asked her, she told me that I
>should continue taking it until I was at least 12 weeks to reduce the
>chances of miscarriage and possibley through out the entire pg to
>prevent gestational diabetes. I have also read numerous studies that it
>reduces the chances of m/c from a very high percent of 45 down to about
>9 which is much closer to average. The only thing extra you need to do
>is take extra folic acid, even more then the amount in a prenatal since
>the glucophage depletes it from the body. If I were you I would
>consider finding a dr that will continue you on the medication.
>
>Good luck and congradulations.
>
>At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Nancyleigh wrote:
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>>My doctor has instructed me to stop taking the glucophage I was taking.
>>>He said I should have stopped as soon as I tested positive for pregnancy
>>>3 weeks ago, however, I guess I slipped through the cracks and they
>>>forgot to tell me to stop. I am worried about 2 things...
>>>
>>>First, he said that being on the drug for 7+ weeks should have done no
>>>harm, but then why take me off? Could *any* harm have been done by
>>>taking this drug 7 weeks in? If so, what kind of harm?
>>>
>>>And second, I have read that being on glucophage for the first trimester
>>>greatly reduces the chances of early miscarriage. From what I
>>>understand, there have not been enough studies to say conclusively that
>>>there is *NO* risk of birth defects, however, that is the direction the
>>>class B studies are leaning at this early stage, right? If so, don't the
>>>greatly reduced chances of miscarriage (30-50% chance w/o glucophage
>>>reduced to 5-11% with, according to several studies I have read)
>>>outweigh the VERY remote possibilities of any defects? Or, is the stuff
>>>I am reading about the miscarriage rates on and off glucophage
>>>INCORRECT?? It is so hard to find out what is true and what is myth! My
>>>fertility doctor said that stopping glucophage has NO impact at all on
>>>miscarriage rates, but that is just exactly the opposite of what I read
>>>almost everywhere I look. Can someone clarify???
>>>
>>>I am scared stiff to stay on the drug and cause harm to my baby and also
>>>about miscarriage if I stop! My doctor said that now that we have seen
>>>the heart beat, my odds of miscarriage are less than 5%, same as a
>>>non-PCOS person... What do you think?
>>
>>--
>>Nancyleigh
>>
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