On Met for over 2 yrs and still have problems?????
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:17:44 -0800
Hi Micha,
Could you proivide me with the dimensions of your testosterone and prolactine levels plus the previous values?
Thx
Sam
> Hi Doctor Sam. I'm 38 years old and I've been on 1850mg/day of
> metformin for the past two and 1/2 years. Along with a very healthy
> diet the met has helped me to lose a lot of weight, attain very regular
> menstrual cycles( for the 1st time in my life) and feel generally much
> better overall. However, since going on the metformin my testosterone
> has tripled to 114 (no ovarian tumors), my prolactin has increased from
> 35 to 42 (normal MRI), my cholesterol has risen 60 points and I am still
> anovulatory. Do you have any ideas about this situation. I expected
> these things to improve since I seem to be responding so well to the
> met. My Gyn and RE have not given me any insight into this situation.
> Thanks.
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