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Re: All those taking Metformin ......... From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net) Tue, 27 Nov 2001 15:14:30 -0600 (CST) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Sonnet: "Re: What could this mean--high cortisol levels!" Previous message: Sonnet: "Re: Sonnet Re: My Biggest Fear--Fitting My Butt in an Airplane Seat-THANKS" In reply to: UK: "All those taking Metformin ........." Next in thread: jodi: "Re: All those taking Metformin ........." Reply: jodi: "Re: All those taking Metformin ........." A fasting glucose test won't tell you whether or not you are IR, though. It will only tell you whether or not you're diabetic. (I had this trouble with my doctors in Australia, btw - every time I mentioned the IR thing to them they would promptly check my blood sugar, see that it was fine or slightly low, and dismiss me entirely!) I think though that you may have something with the overweight connection. Even though we know Met is good for treating PCOS whether or not you show up as IR or ar overweight or slender, I think us big girls get the prescriptions for it more often. Maybe they look at us and assume that there MUST be something metabolic going on in there, or our case is worse, or something? DOctors are frustrating!! At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, UK wrote: > >Just a quick question .... > >Did you have a fasting glucose test before being prescribed Metformin to >check if you are Insulin Resistant ? > >Some doctors are saying that Met only works if you are IR, yet they >prescribed it for me without testing if I was IR. > >Also, do you think that weight makes a difference as to whether Met is >prescribed ? >I wonder if the more overweight you are, the more likely they are to let >you try Met. > >Would be interested to hear peoples opinions. > >Thanks >Gem -- Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org Next message: Sonnet: "Re: What could this mean--high cortisol levels!" Previous message: Sonnet: "Re: Sonnet Re: My Biggest Fear--Fitting My Butt in an Airplane Seat-THANKS" In reply to: UK: "All those taking Metformin ........." Next in thread: jodi: "Re: All those taking Metformin ........." Reply: jodi: "Re: All those taking Metformin ........."

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