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aldactone questionFrom: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sun, 15 Apr 2001 17:28:04 -0500 (CDT)
i have a doc appointment this friday and even though i was in the past adamately against aldactone and birth control, i think i am gonna beg for both of them this week. the met alone just isn't doing a damn thing. there's just one thing i wonder about... i have heard that if you use aldactone, once you go off the hair comes back with a vengence. this makes sense, since it doesn't correct why all that testosterone is there in the first place. it SEEMS like if you went on the aldactone and corrected what was wrong, the hair wouldn't come back when you quit the aldactone. right??? so i would want to keep doing the met & diet & exercise stuff... but if you're on aldactone, can testosterone even be measured so you would KNOW if it was safe ever to stop??? i have heard two explanations for how aldactone works. 1. it blocks the action of testosterone on the skin & body. the testosterone is still there, but it isn't able to affect the body in the same way, causing acne, hair, etc. this is what i always believed, and if this is true, you would still be able to measure testoserone levels accurately. 2. it binds to the testosterone and allows it to be flushed out of the body. if this is true, you would not be able to measure testosterone in the blood accurately, and you wouldn't know if it was safe to go off of it. does anyone know which is true, 1 or 2? - jodi
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