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Re: Metformin and ovulation From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net) Sat, 27 Sep 2003 12:27:34 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: fibrocystic breasts and breast pain" Previous message: chapman: "Metformin and ovulation" In reply to: chapman: "Metformin and ovulation" At Fri, 26 Sep 2003, chapman wrote: >I think you should definitely consider Metformin. Even if you are only borderline IR (or not at all) it is worth doing. Metformin probably works through other mechanisms that we don't know about to help ovulation. It might take several months to regulate your periods, but at this point if you want to get pregnant you have little to lose. It would be better than jumping to more invasive fertility treatments. -- Anonymous >I am 29, 3 pregancies, 0 babies, borderline PCOS, borderline IR, >hypothyroid (normal now with Synthroid), thin body frame and >consistantly 32-day cycles. I ovulate every cycle. >My RE feels I am ovulating too late in my cycle (day 16-18), tho it's >getting better and better. I'm taking 200mg of Prometrium during my >luteal phase. 81 mg baby asparin daily. He also has me on >Bromocriptine for lactation. >He wants to start me on Metformin to help me ovulate earlier. >Things don't seem bad enough to me that I need to take Metformin...I >don't want to make things worse by over-medicating. I'm worried that >taking this drug could make my periods ovulation irregular. Any >opinions? > >Thanks, >Chapman Next message: anonymous@obgyn.net: "Re: fibrocystic breasts and breast pain" Previous message: chapman: "Metformin and ovulation" In reply to: chapman: "Metformin and ovulation"

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