PCOS Messages for March, 2002: Re: Glucophage & Levoxyl & other meds- ADVICE NEEDED

Re: Glucophage & Levoxyl & other meds- ADVICE NEEDED

From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 10:57:45 -0600 (CST)

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Valerie,

I'm on thyroid meds and glucophage xr.

I take my glucophage in the middle of a meal (breakfast and dinner) and I take my unithroid (similar to levoxyl) two hours after breakfast, one hour before lunch, or two hours after lunch and one hour before dinner - before breakfast might be better, but I don't have the time to wait.

I am very sensitive to medications and the glucophage did bother me a lot at first, but I have had absolutely no trouble since I switched to a high fiber diet and a lot of the problems subsided after the first 2-3 months.

I know that a lot of people have success with low carb atikin and atkin like diets but such a high protein/ low carb diet made me sick and my diabetic father has kidney disease too - he was a high protein eater, so I decided that atkin's wasn't for me.

I tried balanced and zone diets but my glucose was going up even on medication, I feel great on high fiber and recommend it.

Both my husband and I went off caffine and though the headaches were horrible, we feel so much better for the change! My husband has much more energy and he used to have three cups of coffee in morning before he felt awake.

My gyno said it was okay to have a glass of wine on glucophage. I have red wine which is suppose to be low sugar and it's suppose to reduce blood sugar, before I switched to a high fiber diet I did find it made me feel a whole lot better - I would have just a small glass with dinner. Now I feel great almost all the time, though I'm having some PMS-hormonal problems.

Anne

At Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Valerie wrote: >
>OK... I LOVE THIS BOARD, AND SO I'M TOSSING THIS OUT HERE BECAUSE I AM
>CONFIDENT I'LL GET SOME PERSPECTIVES...
>
>As many of you have probably read, I recently got my first Glucophage...
>my thyroid was removed a few years ago and I take Levoxyl to replace the
>thyroid hormones... ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THEY SHOULD BE TAKEN? My
>Glucophage prescription is 500mg twice daily... my Levoxyl is once a
>day... in the past I have heard from my favorite pharmacist that it's
>better to space out certain meds but I haven't been able to talk to him
>lately... so anyone have any first hand experience on this???
>
>And another thing... I have been subscribing to the theory of "make one
>change at a time" so I'm just now adding in this Glucophage and I am
>waiting to restart on Atkins (I had done it for 4 months ending 7 months
>ago) I figure this will let me monitor my side effects of the meds
>better... (((PLUS I AM A HUGE CAFFEINE ADDICT AND THE LET DOWN SUCKS!!!
>I TAKE IN ALL MY CAFFEINE FROM SODA- ENDO SAID IT WAS A CLASSIC PCO NEED
>FOR SUGAR AND PEP... BUT I AM NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING ATKINS
>AGAIN...TO DO IT AND LOSE ANYTHING I HAD TO STAY BETWEEN 7-10 CARBS PER
>DAY!!!!!!!) Thoughts!?!?!?! HELP?
>
>And lastly (leastly) but out of curiousity... my Glucophage bottle says
>"no alcohol consumption" and I am just kind of surprised my endo didn't
>warn me... (GOSH I SOUND LIKE A TOTAL SHIKKER?!?!?! I don't drink
>often... but I do usually have a drink or so here and there socially
>and I enjoy it... ARE THESE SOCIAL DRINKS GONE FOREVER?
>
>OK...LONG POST ENDING NOW... GET TO WORK GIRLS, I TRUST YOU'LL HAVE THE
>ANSWERS AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I LOVE Y'ALL!!!
>
>--
>ValerieC
>

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