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Re: metaformin From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net) Sat, 15 Feb 2003 04:40:33 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: amy: "Xenical and PCOS" Previous message: Renee: "Re: Weird symptoms from Glucophage XR!!!!" At Mon, 27 Mar 2000, mhairi wrote: > >i recently have been prescirbed metaformin by my gyenocologist and went >to my local gp to pick up the prescritpion. He was not a happy man >prescribing the drug and told me that the insulin resistance is only a >secondary sign of pcos and not the main problem and i should perhaps be >looking more at an adrogen drug to help with my syptoms. >His discription of the disease and the treatments so far have been >contrary to what i have read and now I am totally confused . I was lead >to beleive that metaformin would help me loose weight , hopefully >regularizing my menstrual cycle and help me with such things as hiritsum >. He has said this is not the case..that i will still battle with my >testostorone levels. He also refused me access to a dietician saying >that pcos does not benfit from a low carb diet . Is this information >that i recieved from him correct? >He also prescribed metaformin without consulting any notes from the >genocologist . Should i be seeking advice from another GP? > >-- >confused metaformin user >Mhairi > Next message: amy: "Xenical and PCOS" Previous message: Renee: "Re: Weird symptoms from Glucophage XR!!!!"

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