Re: treatment with Vitamins
From: Margo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 28 Apr 2000 15:23:05 -0500 (CDT)
Holly,
OK Let me see if I have this down right..1500 mg of inositol (in capsule
form) and 400mg a day of chromium GTF in the form of 200mg taken twice
daily.
I hope that's right hehe.
Thank you thank you thankyou!!!! I am going out tonite to the health
food/vitamin stores near my house to see if I can get some!
Btw, someone else recommended a supplement called Bladder Wrack which is
supposedly good for metabolism. Have you heard of it?
Margo
At Fri, 28 Apr 2000, J wrote:
>
>I am taking the vitamin supplements instead of Metformin. My ob/gyn and the specialist he
>referred me to "do not believe Metformin is appropriate for PCOS"
>(I don't necessarily agree). Since I couldn't get Met prescribed for me, and the typical
>birth-control-or-Clomid regimen wasn't helping me at all, I took matters into my own
>hands. I have to admit it is nice that the supplements appear to have had the same effects
>as Metformin (i.e. minor weight loss, better ability to control my hypoglycemia, restored
>ovulation and periods) but without the legendary side effects.
>
>Holly
>
>Natasha wrote:
>
>> Holly,
>>
>> Are you taking the vitamin supplements with the Metformin or instead of
>> the normally prescribed medications for PCOS?
>>
>> Natasha
>>
>> At Thu, 27 Apr 2000, J wrote:
>> >
>> >I take 1500 mg daily of inositol, in capsule form - 2 capsules when I wake up then one
>> >before bed (it would probably be better taking 1 cap each at 3x a day)
>> >and 400 mg of chromium GTF - one 200 mg in the morning with the inositol and the other
>> >tablet before bed. I ordered both of them online - I've heard chromium GTF works
>> >better than the more common chromium piccolinate, the GTF stands for glucose tolerance
>> >factor. Inositol is quite hard to find in capsules. Let me know if you need help
>> >finding either of these.
>> >
>> >Holly
>> >
>> >Margo Ragan wrote:
>> >
>> >> What dosages are recommeded and how often do you take them. My
>> >> coworkers already think I am some sort of vitamin junkie hehe.
>>
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