PCOS Messages for April, 2001: Re: aldactone question

Re: aldactone question

From: Beth (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 15 Apr 2001 19:12:28 -0500 (CDT)

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Aldactone / Spironolactone blocks the effects of the testosterone. You may even notice some of your symptoms reappear even if you miss just 1 pill during the day. Certain things cause it to be less effective too, like aspirin. It does not lower testosterone and whenever one of the above things happens, that is obvious.

Of course as with everything, it can depend on the person. Personally I was having good results with Spiro by itself before going on bcp's. Many of the things Spiro corrected were sent back into a downward spin with the bcp's. I also can't take any sort of otc pain pills without it causing symptoms to reappear.

With that being said, Spiro has been a godsend! Here's what it's done for me:

My skin is nearly immaculate now, very few and very minor breakouts (1-2 pimples once a month or so). My hair isn't falling out as quickly and I'm regrowing hair! With reducing carbs, I've lost 26 pounds since January. I'm less than 10 pounds away from my ideal weight now and still losing. I also don't gain weight over every little thing.

I am on 200 mg a day btw. It seems those of us on the higher dose have more dramatic results than those on a lower dose. I haven't had any trouble with low blood pressure, mine is steady at 104/74 which is a bit higher than mine used to be before my symptoms kicked in full force.

Anyhow overall I am doing great on it. I am almost back to normal and feeling very good about myself again. Reducing my carbs is keeping my IR in check without meds and Spiro is managing the rest of my symptoms for now.

I assume since you're willing to take bcp's you're not ttc right now? Because of the effects on a developing fetus Spiro shouldn't be taken during pregnancy.

Good luck with your decision and I hope everything works out ok for you!!

At Sun, 15 Apr 2001, jodi wrote: >
>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

--
Beth
Rockport, MA

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