PCOS Messages for March, 2002: quitting Glucophage???!!

quitting Glucophage???!!

From: Nancyleigh (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 30 Mar 2002 20:29:20 -0600 (CST)

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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?

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Nancyleigh

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