PCOS Messages for May, 2001: Re: A useful website for Metformin research

Re: A useful website for Metformin research

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 7 May 2001 12:56:51 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 7 May 2001, paula wrote: >you are expecting too much from the drug. i think that one of the worst
>things that has happened to PCOS patients in the past year or so, is
>that as Met has become more accepted and more prescribed for PCOS,
>doctors have once again been misinforming their patients. instead of
>simply telling them they are ok, like they used to, they are telling
>them there is a cure all pill...something that they can take and
>magically become thin, pregnant, hairless, clear skinned, and energetic.
>met is just not like that.
>
>i personally think that as part of PCOS treatment, every patient should
>take a class in cellular biology and metabolism.that way people would
>know and understand what is happening in their bodies, and understand
>what it takes to correct these issues...its not all that complicated
>really...i mean not too bad lol =)
>
>anyway, i think that if you keep taking the met, and watch what you
>eat...exercise...you will eventually see results...91% become
>ovulatory...so there are great odds.
>
>hope this helps =)
>
>sorry i rambled lol
>love, paula

rambling is A-OK in my book... look at some of the posts *i've* put out!!! :)

i don't know that i am expecting too much of the met so much as i don't know exactly what to expect. on the one hand, i can accept that it could take some time for the met to work... but on the other, many of these studies seem to be 8-12 weeks, and they claim to see great results. in the 3 1/2 months i have been on met, i have not seen much in the way of improvement. i have lost 15 pounds or so... i have had one period... and my blood wwork indicated that my 17-hydroxyprogesterone dropped from 634 to 151. well, i know that's good... but my doc didn't order any other blood work such as testosterone, insulin, etc. i feel like, if i could see what THOSE levels were, i would be more content to keep sitting and waiting and hope the met starts working even better.

and now i have gone and screwed things up by going on BCPs because i wwanted to start aladactone again, so even though i have decided no more BCPs, i gotta wait out this cycle to see if the met is doing anything. OH i wish i hadn't started taking BCPs again...

i am waiting to hear back from my doc with regards to getting some blood work to check testosterone, just so i can see if there really is any progress going on that i just can't see yet... i think that would make things much easier for me.

i do try to watch what i eat, and i do exercise (walk 4-5 miles a day, except for these last two days when i've been stuck in front of a computer frantically finishing off papers...)... but i do wish they would approve met for PCOS all the same. i'm dreading when i'm going to have to switch doctors!!!

- jodi

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