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Re: Experience with metformin regulating periods
From: Jenny (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 May 2000 21:03:47 -0500
I noticed the same thing as I increased the dose. Mine went from 32 days to 57
days and finally to 60 days with 850mg/3x day. Weird...they too increased in
length as the dosage increased.
LoriP wrote:
> I am just starting my 4th month on met. I have been taking 1500 mg
> since the beginning. I had a period 32 days after starting my first
> cycle with met. The next was 34 days. The last was 38 days. I am
> somewhat concerned that the cycle is lengthening and wondering if I need
> to up the dose. I'm also interested to hear the experience of others.
>
> At Wed, 31 May 2000, Linda wrote:
> >
> >I've been on metformin now for three months. I began met as I ended
> >BCP. I had one period from the last round of BCP and then about 6-7
> >weeks later another period. Now it's been 6-7 more weeks, and no sign
> >of a period. I saw my endocrinologist last week (when he upped my
> >dosage to 1500 mg per day) and he said that first period under met might
> >have been a fluke. Obviously we're taking a wait and see attitude now.
> >
> >I'm wondering about the experience of others. If met worked for you and
> >you returned to a regular cycle, how long did it take for that to
> >happen? And what methods were used to verify that you were ovulating?
> >
> >--
> >Linda
> >
>
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