PCOS Messages for April, 2002: Re: Just Got My Lab Results Back

Re: Just Got My Lab Results Back

From: Belle (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 24 Apr 2002 14:01:00 -0500 (CDT)

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Any values would be an average and possibly not the values for your specific lab, but they should be close.

Free Testosterone should be between 0.7 - 3.6 pg/ml.

Testosterone should be between 23 - 75 ng/dl for women, however most doctors consider anything over 50 is too high for pre-menapausal women.

Prolactin should be between an undetectable amount to 23 ng/dl.

I do not know about the ohps. I do not ever hearing of an ohps as a lab value before.

I have no clue as to why they would refuse to prescribe spiro. Spironolactone is a potassium sparing diuretic meaning that it reduces the fluid levels and causing the concentration of potassium to increase. This is not normally a problem but it can be if you are on other meds which may increase your K levels, such as potassium suppliments or drugs to treat high blood pressure (ACE inhibitors). If you are taking anything that may already raise your potassium levels, the use of spiro. may cause life-threatening K-levels.

If you are taking meds for BP, the pill may not be for you but the Ortho-Cyclen is a mono-phasic pill and is better for us than the tri-phasic varieties.

I have found that met. has done very well at helping my hormone levels.

At Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Christie wrote: >
>The lab work says my DHEA level is 1527, free
>testosterone is 2.8, prolactin is 5.0, testosterone is 64.4, and 17 ohps
>(?) is 20.I have no idea what the "norm" is for these tests, so if
>someone can help me understand them a little better, I'd appreciate it.
>Also, why do these doctors refuse to give me Spiro? They are concerned
>with potassium levels, they say, but does it alter them THAT much? They
>said that between the Ortho-Cyclen and the Met I should see a
>difference, but my hair is REALLY starting to fall out and it concerns
>me. Is this enough to "level" my hormones? Thanks in advance, Christie
>Jackson

-- Hope this helps,

Belle

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