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Re: Spironolactone - need advice/info please?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 3 Jun 2001 10:33:15 -0500 (CDT)
Hi! I've had really good results with spirolactone. It took awhile but
eventually my hair stopped thinning out and my acne went away.
Unfortunately it makes me run to the bathroom every hour! But I guess
that's something I can live with. It also really helped out with the
extra hair.
At Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Sunbeam wrote:
>
>Greetings and big hugs to all my fellow PCOSers out there!
>
>Just wondering if you knowlegable ladies could help me on a small
>matter...I have my 1st appointment with new specialist Doc tomorrow and
>I'm going to ask for IR testing (yes I know to fast from midnight, and I
>have eaten a normal diet for the past week:), however I am also going to
>ask about going onto a drug (I incidently found while looking through
>the PCOSA Beginners Kit) called Spironolactone to treat my acne (which
>has so far been unresponsive to anything else, BCP's worsened the
>matter) and it also mentions in the beginners kit the it helps with
>halting Head Hair Loss (and boy am I thinning out in that region
>dramatically latelty)....
>
>Well, to the point: Can you tell me anything about this drug, your
>experiences with it, or perhaps and hyperlinks/info that may be of use
>to me?
>
>Thanks in advance for your kindness
>
>Jackie
>(Email Always welcome at: jnorris@iprimus.com.au )
>
>P>S> Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow's appointment, I need some
>HOPE, LOL, at least HOPE that it's not going to be another one of those
>"get on the bcp's lose some weight and getta outta my face" type Dr's,
>LOL....)
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Amy
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