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Re: Evening Primrose Oil and PCOS
From: click (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:32:09 -0500 (CDT)
I don't know about the estrogen, but you're right about the
testosterone/insulin connection-my bad
At Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Sue wrote:
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>>No, PCOS more commonly causes too much testosterone in the system, which
>increases insulin levels, and causes PCOS.<
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>Actually, this is backwards just a bit. Increased insulin levels causes
>increased testosterone levels and tends to manifest as PCOS. Also, PCOS
>tends to cause a lack of progesterone (I think that's the hormone) and
>permits "unopposed estrogen" in the system, which could be what the
>original poster was thinking of.
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>HTH
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