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Re: To: Dr. Sam re: Metformin, Spironolactone, Clomid

From: Wendy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 May 2003 10:33:05 -0500 (CDT)

Thanks so much for your reponse! As we are TTC, I'm off of it as of today. Thanks again, I really appreciate teh info.

At Sat, 31 May 2003, Sue wrote: >
>Wow--your Dr. shouldn't have kept you on spiro during your pgy!! That's
>a Class D drug (US-FDA standard); it is known to cause birth defects and
>should be discontinued w/o fail upon pgy. Met and other insulin
>sensitizers are fine during pgy--the anecdotal information and studies
>coming out of Europe indicate no problems during pgy, and for women with
>PCO, it lowers the chance of m/c significantly, as well as the chance of
>becoming gestationally diabetic. But the spiro--unh-unh! And the clomid
>(if it works for you) will work in conjunction with the met, so you
>should be fine there. But the levels of everything Dr. Sam can more
>adequately answer than I can.
>
>HTH

--
WB



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