PCOS Messages for November, 2000: Re: Concern for daughter

Re: Concern for daughter

From: smed (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:19:12 -0600 (CST)

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Sounds like your daughter is having a heck of a time, I am sorry to hear that. I wonder why she was not able to take Glucophage and how much she was taking. The dosage may have either been too high or too low. Was she combining it with a low carb diet? If yes she may have been eating too few carbs when taking the medication. If she was not low carbing that will also make you very sick when taking the medication. It is a balancing act for sure.

I did not see any improvement when starting met until about 2 months into taking 1500mg a day. I always eat some type of carb with it, like a bannana or milk, and I also take vitamin supplements and chromium picolonate tablets.

If you have any other questions feel free to email me in person.

Take Care

TTFN

-- Smed

At Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Barb wrote: > >I have 2 daughters. One is having trouble conceiving. The other has >classic and rather severe symptoms of PCOS. She's 22 years old and has >(in the last few years) lost some of her hair, had facial and body hair, >and rather few if any menstrual periods. We have been to many doctors, >including a dermatologist, an obgyn and 2 endocrinologists. She's been >on birth control pills for at least 2 years. During that time, she was >told to add Aldactone, Minoxodil, and Glucophage with bad or no results. >The new endocrinologist said (since she couldn't take Glucophage) to try >a lower dose of birth control. The doctor felt she was on too high a >dose (Zovia 1/35). So, the obgyn reluctantly gave my daughter Levlite. >It's been 2 months and all the symptoms are returning. We called the >endocrinologist who recommended the change, and we were virtually >dumped. So, we called the obgyn who happily put her back on Zovia. We >pray that someone at this forum can give us some advice on what to do >next. We have read up on this disorder, but without a doctor who knows >what they're doing it's all so confusing! Thanks, Barb

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