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Re: spironolactone-to Kay
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 09:12:53 -0500 (CDT)
My dr put me on 50 mg 2x/day, but if I tolerate that after 1 week, I'm
supposed to go up to 100 mg/2x/day. From what I've read here, no one
else seems to be on as high a dose. Should I question the dosage? Does
everyone on spiro get hot hands? Is that a bad symptom, or just an
annoying one?
At Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Kristy wrote:
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>Kay,
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>I'm sorry to hear that you aren't losing any weight with the dosage that you are on. Were you on a higher dose of the spiro before taking the 50 mg? How long has it been since you started the spiro? I know that you mentioned that you've been on the 50 mg for 6 weeks.
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>When I took the spiro the first time around my dr put me on 100 mg taking 1 50 mg tablet two times a day. What I found though is (and I didn't realize this until just the other day) that when I was taking the 100 mg every day it made my hands very hot indeed, but I lost a total of 17 lbs at that dosage.
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>When I was first diagnosed with the PCOS I was put on Desogen (worked wonders for my period until I continued to have major cramping during my periods which were caused by the endometriosis that got diagnosed 9 months later) and the spiro. I started the spiro in Nov of 1996, and went off of it in Sept of 1997 b/c of the hothandedness.
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>Since being on the 50 mg of spiro the hothanded feeling has lessened a lot. I will still always have the hot handed feeling but if I am able to lose at least 20 or 30 more # then I will be truly grateful. I will ask my dr some time soon why she didn't put me on the 100 mg. What I do know is that she said that 100 mg of the spiro was a lot for me at the time. I will be interested to see how much longer this 50 mg will work for me.
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>The other thing that I'm doing in addition to the spiro is to drink a lot of water. Now if I could just get myself to exercise, but that's going to be a challenge b/c of my other physical problems. Of course I will just have to take things one step at a time.
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>As of my last visit to the dr I weighed in at 159, and before that 16l, and before that about 165 (the 165 was before I began to notice results with the spiro).
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>When I was first diagnosed with PCOS I weighed nearly 180 # and I'm 5'1 1/2" tall.
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>I hope that all goes well with you with your efforts to lose weight. When do you see your dr again next?
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>Kristy S :)
>Jacksonville, FL
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