|
Re: I've been recently diagnosed too...a few questions on spironlactone(to Donna)
From: marie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 29 May 2002 15:28:34 -0500 (CDT)
thank you for the advice. i am on 100mg a day. What dosage are you on?
At Tue, 28 May 2002, Donna wrote:
>
>At Wed, 22 May 2002, Marie wrote:
>>
>>I was diagnosed with pcos a couple of months ago. I started to have
>>major acne problems all of a sudden and started to notice hairs on my
>>upper arms. I think the hair thing started about 5 years ago but was
>>too fine for me to have noticed. I started loosing my hair back then
>>too but wasn't concerned b/c all my friends complained about loosing
>>hair. My periods were irregular all my life too. Since I don't have a
>>weight problem at all and my glucose levels are very low, my dr
>>prescribed 100mg spironlactone for me. I've been on spiro since mid
>>feb, so that makes it about 3 months total. I noticed that my acne has
>>improved, the hair on my head has almost stopped falling off and my skin
>>is changing back to it's original color (my skin started to take on a
>>darker yellow like color). Everything seems to be slowly improving
>>except for the body hair... The hair on my upper arms is slowly
>>spreading and getting darker. I see tiny hairs on my chest, my back and
>>my tummy but they are very very fine, almost unnoticable. I am afraid
>>that they will spread too and get darker.
>>
>>I don't understand why the spiro is not working on the hair growth. Does
>>anyone here have a lot of experience with spiro...someone who has been
>>on spiro for a long time? I've done a little research and I know that it
>>takes a while to work on the hair, but I also read some women saying
>>that it makes the hair worse. I am hesitant to stay on for another
>>couple of months if it is making my hair worse. I can't really tell. I
>>feel like I am going out of my mind. I am getting obsessed with the
>>hair thing. My family thinks I am crazy b/c I am constantly checking my
>>body hair with hand mirrors. Everytime I check, I feel like it has
>>worsened. Any advise will be appreciated. Thank you.
>
>--
>I've used this drug for many years successfully for treatment of acne, hair loss where innappropriate and hair growth where innappropriate. I'd give it longer. What I found was that the unwanted hair growth did not stop completely, but it became light and not a problem.
>
>Take Heart. . . .
>
|
|
![[ PCOS Discussion Forums ]](../../images/pcos_at_obgyn.gif)