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quitting Glucophage???!!From: Nancyleigh (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:29:20 -0600 (CST)
My doctor has instructed me to stop taking the glucophage I was taking. >He said I should have stopped as soon as I tested positive for pregnancy >3 weeks ago, however, I guess I slipped through the cracks and they >forgot to tell me to stop. I am worried about 2 things... > >First, he said that being on the drug for 7+ weeks should have done no >harm, but then why take me off? Could *any* harm have been done by >taking this drug 7 weeks in? If so, what kind of harm? > >And second, I have read that being on glucophage for the first trimester >greatly reduces the chances of early miscarriage. From what I >understand, there have not been enough studies to say conclusively that >there is *NO* risk of birth defects, however, that is the direction the >class B studies are leaning at this early stage, right? If so, don't the >greatly reduced chances of miscarriage (30-50% chance w/o glucophage >reduced to 5-11% with, according to several studies I have read) >outweigh the VERY remote possibilities of any defects? Or, is the stuff >I am reading about the miscarriage rates on and off glucophage >INCORRECT?? It is so hard to find out what is true and what is myth! My >fertility doctor said that stopping glucophage has NO impact at all on >miscarriage rates, but that is just exactly the opposite of what I read >almost everywhere I look. Can someone clarify??? > >I am scared stiff to stay on the drug and cause harm to my baby and also >about miscarriage if I stop! My doctor said that now that we have seen >the heart beat, my odds of miscarriage are less than 5%, same as a >non-PCOS person... What do you think?
-- Nancyleigh
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