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Re: no subject received Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:32:38 -0600
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 05:20:15 +0100
You should try metformin alone first.
Sam
> Thanks for your reply, so, its still an option to go back on Clomid, in
> combination with Metformin? Won't I still develop cysts if I take Clomid
> again, even with the Metformin? If not, why wouldn't I? Just curious.
>
> --Sherry
>
> At Tue, 25 Mar 2003, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
> >
> >Hi Sherry,
> >
> >Actually this is very typical for PCOS and here is why:
> >During months or years of unsuccessful (unovulatory) cycles, the unovulated
> >follicles remain in the ovary increasing its volume. Plus the outer layer of
> >the ovaries thickens. Actually this thickening may be the ultimate cause of
> >anovulation, b/c the egg can not break through it.
> >Now if you take clomid, which causes more than one follicle to grow and
> >grow more agressively, they turn into cysts.
> >This is why I keep saying, that metformin is the first step in ovulation
> >induction for PCOSers, and even if not successful, you should combine clomid
> >with metformin.
> >For your info
> >
> >Sam
> >
> >> I have posted once before on this forum. I will keep you all posted if
> >> metformin does the trick getting me pregnant.
> >>
> >> I have one other question. In my 2 year pursuit to get pregnant, I have
> >> been on/off Clomid for over a year. The Clomid makes me ovulate
> >> succesfully. However, one unfortunate side-effect is that I get
> >> hyperstimulated (well, my ovaries do). They get extremely enlarged, and
> >> huge cysts form on my ovaries and then the doctors tell me to take a
> >> break off of the Clomid. We watch them with ultrasound for a few
> >> cycles, and then it goes away, and I get back on.
> >>
> >> I am wondering how common is this? Was this a weird reaction that only I
> >> had on Clomid? If so, is this PCOS reaction to Clomid, or just a rare
> >> reaction that anyone can have to the Clomid...
> >>
> >> I'm wondering because if metformin doesn't work for me, what other
> >> options do I have, other than IVF?
> >>
> >> --
> >> --sherry
> >>
>
> --
> --sherry
>
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