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Re: Metformin dosage

From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Nov 2002 23:40:23 -0800


Hi Jennifer,

Are your symptoms improving? If so there is no need to increase your dosage. There is no typical therapeutic dosage for metformin in PCOS. I had patients improving on 500 mg/day. Time is often more important than dosage.

Sam

> I am frustrated....
> I have been taking Metformin 1000 mg daily,
> and although I've heard that the typical therapeutic dosage for PCOS
> is 1500 mg, my doctor will not increase it. I really feel that it is
> helping
> some, but could help more at the right dosage. Any advice? My doctor
> gets frustrated with me because he perceives me as questioning and
> arguing with him. Is anyone out there on just 1000 mg?
> Please help!!!
> -Jennifer
>




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