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Re: treatment with VitaminsFrom: Sallie (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 29 Apr 2000 00:25:38 -0500 (CDT)
I just wanted to point out an important point about how to take inositol. In the study on inositol, it called for 1200mg of inositol on an empty stomach, all at once in the morning. If you are taking it three times a day... Do you have an empty stomach each time? The point is to prevent it from being altered by insulin. That is why there is a problem with inositol and PCOS which is how it is metabolized with insulin. Also on the 650mg capsules... Make sure that it is not a timed release formula. I saw one supplement that was for 650mg in a green bottle that was a timed release. Timed release means that some of it would be released later after you have eaten. I think some women take inositol the wrong way and then later say that it didn't do anything. You can probably eat that much inositol in a day but it would be altered either by insulin or enzymes which is why there is a problem. At Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Margo wrote: > >Holly - I just went out and got the inositol caps and the chromium gtf >at the Vitamin Shoppe which is up the street. I was pleasantly >surprided that they had it hehe. The inositol caps are 650 mg apiece - >that's all they came in. Is that ok? Thanks again for all your help! > >At Fri, 28 Apr 2000, J wrote: >> >>Yep, that sounds right! I should've clarified better...the inositol capsules are 500 mg each, so >>I take three each day. Inositol capsules are quite hard to find, but the loose powder is quite >>easy to get and you could just take a spoonful of it mixed in liquid if you're willing to try >>that. I don't know anything about bladderwrack, sorry! Let me know how these work for you. >> >>Holly >> >>Margo Ragan wrote: >> >>> 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. >>> >> >>>
-- Sallie
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