PCOS Messages for August, 2000: Re: Spironolactone...Not Working?

Re: Spironolactone...Not Working?

From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 23:51:20 -0500 (CDT)

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I have been taking spironolactone for two years, without noticing any diuretic effects. In addition, it didn't work on my excess hair as well as I'd been told; the hair continued to spread to new areas during the treatment. I'm still taking it because I tried to stop for a while, with extremely hairy results. I read in a study that Flutamide is so much more effective than Spironolactone, but I am aware of the side effects. I would like to give it a try, though. Did you personally notice any side effects? What is the price difference between the two?

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Anne

>>Perhaps, I have to see the diuretic results in order to see results with
>>the hair, too? I just want so badly for this to work.  I don't know
>>about this stuff.  I took flutamide last year for 3 months and it worked
>>great, but I had to go for a liver fuction test every month and I was
>>really uncomfortable using something that seemed so potentially
>>dangerous that I stopped after my insurance lapsed and I wasn't able to
>>continue going for the monthly lab test.  That stuff was great though.
>>It completely stopped the hair on my chest, fingers and feet.  It helped
>>all over, but stopped in those areas.  I don't usually get my hopes up
>>but I did this time and now I feel like complete crap this morning.  Now
>>I am discouraged and totally deflated again.  Sorry for going on and on
>>about this, I'm just totally freaked out about this.  I took care of the
>>hair on my chest just last night and I can already feel them poking
>>through the skin again.
>>
>>--
>>Susan Steinman
>>

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