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Re: How do you decide what dose of Met to go up to?
From: Katie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:07:01 -0500 (CDT)
My doctor has prescribed 2x 1000 mg for once I build up to 2000 mg per
day (in 500 mg increments for now).
At Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Belle wrote:
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>If she goes up to 2000, it would be 4 - 500 mg tablets with 2 taken at
>the largest meal. There is no set dosage for taking met for women with
>PCOS here in the states. We base it on two things 1) it seems that most
>women were able to get theraputic results on 1500 mg and 2) the results
>of the blood tests involving insulin and glucose. If she is getting her
>period and she is seeing results, 1700 mg may be the right dosage for
>her. If not then she may need to go up some. If her insulin levels are
>not in the normal range, she may need to increase the dosage.
>
>1 1/2 kilos are not bad. A kilo a week would be the most that anyone
>should lose. If she wants to increase her weight loss, she may want to
>increase her water intake. She should have several glasses a day. Many
>people have stated that they notice that the more water they drank, the
>more weight they lost. That was true in my case. The exercise is
>important also. I go to the gym but that was not really helping a lot.
>I noticed that if I increased my exercise in very small amounts, it made
>a great difference. I started parking at the end of the parking lot,
>taking the stairs instead of the elevator, wearing leg weights while
>doing housework, etc., and it made a big difference.
>
>At Tue, 18 Jul 2000, gayle wrote:
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>>For those people going up to 2000mg how is it taken? Is it 2 X 500
>>morning and night or 4 spaced out? How do you know if you should be
>>increasing the dose? Our daughter does not have excess hair and usually
>>has very heavy periods at about 35 days and wants to loose about
>>17kilos. She has been on the met for 4 weeks and lost 1 and 1/2 kilos
>>only sticking to a low carb diet with no cheating...but also no
>>exercise
>
>--
>Hope this helps,
>
>Belle
>
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