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Re: D-chiro-inositol/Used For Women With PCOS/Please Read...
From: Carmela (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:17:45 -0800 (PST)
I would be interested in that information as well. Can you email it be too?
Thanks,
Carmela
nadai <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:hi dona, would you be kind enough to email me the information on
inositol, i have searched for it on soulcysters but could not find it.
thanks
At Sat, 14 Apr 2001, jgv wrote:
>
>Hello, I'm glad someone mentioned d-chiro inositol. D-chiro inositol is
>found as a natural substance in foods. You can consume enough of these
>foods to get the therapeutic dose used in studies. This is exactly what
>I've done with success.
>
>I am a 20+ year PCO'er. Symptoms started at puberty. Periods never
>regular.
>
>By eating soy lecithin as a source of d-chiro inositol, I have had 4
>ovulatory cycles and one annovulatory cycle in 5 months. My
>gynecologist is amazed and thrilled. I've never had treatment offered
>except the BCP.
>
>I have mostly posted on the PCO Natural list (closed to new members?)
>and SoulCysters so you can search for more info there.
>
>I do have an e-mail prepared that I have been sending out with the full
>New England Journal of Medicine article about d chiro inositol (99kb
>attachment), a list of foods high in d-chiro inositol and an Excel
>spreadsheet attachment that shows how much of each food you have to
>consume to get the therapeutic amount. Soy lecithin is the only rich
>source that you could consume every day in the necessary quantitites. e
>mail me if you would like this.
>
>--
>jgv
>
>At Sat, 14 Apr 2001, Dona wrote:
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>>Yes this sounds like a wonderful medication and I hope the FDA will pass
>>it here in the states. Right now it is still in research testing I wish
>>I could get in on the research study to be able to take this medication
>>but there is no testing going on in my area.
>>Thanks for the URL and I am glad you descided to keep posting =)
>>Dona
>>>
>>>Please read this...it is a new drug to help women ovualate. It is
>>>supposed to have "less" side-effects than "Metformin/Glucophage." I
>>>thought it might help women that cannot take "Glucophage," because it
>>>makes them sick... Read for yourself...and come to your own
>>>conclusions...I am just trying to pass a long information. I hope that
>>>this helps someone. Thank you....Annette
>>>
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Carmela Kappel
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