Re: (to Belle) Starting glucophage with normal fasting insulin
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:51:18 EDT
Belle -
I understand that you shouldn't just look at fasting insulin since it may
show that you are in a normal range, however, when I originally had mine
down, it was out of range already. Why would there be a need to do an IGTT
if I am already being treated with meds?
Also, why do you say that my fasting insulin level of 48 is "doing well"?
This number is going up, not down from previous bloodwork . Don't we like to
see a level <10?? I have been on Gluc XR and Spiro and some other meds for
a while... I just haven't gotten myself to ease up on the carbs...:((.
Anonymous
In a message dated 6/20/2002 2:35:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
anonymous@medispecialty.com writes:
> Subj:Re: Starting glucophage with normal fasting insulin
> Date:6/20/2002 2:35:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:anonymous@medispecialty.com">anonymous@medispecialty.com</A>
> Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@obgyn.net">pcos@obgyn.net</A>
> To:<A HREF="mailto:pcos@mail.medispecialty.com">pcos@mail.medispecialty.com</A>
> Sent from the Internet
>
> Butting in here but 1) fasting levels of insulin can be totally useless.
> More often than not, the insulin problem does not show up until the body
> has been put under the stress of trying to take care of glucose in the
> system. Basing the definition of a problem on a fasting level is like
> trying to base a car problem while it is only in idle.
>
> 2) The original studies that were done on anovulatory women and
> Glucophage did not require abnormal insulin levels.
>
> In comparison to me, a fasting insulin of 48 sounds like you are doing
> well! I know that my daughter who had a much lower insulin level than I
> did has responded very well to Glucophage, perhaps even better than I.
>
> Tue, 18 Jun 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
> >
> >Just a question - why are you on anything if you have a fasting insulin
> of
> >5? I thought anything under 10 was good. Maybe I'm getting
> confused...are
> >you instead saying that your last set of bloodwork showed it at 5 and
> >without meds it's higher? My last bloodwork (April) showed my fasting
> >insulin at 48...
> >
> >just curious....
> >
> >Anonymous
> >
> >In a message dated 6/18/2002 12:37:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >anonymous@medispecialty.com writes:
> >
> >> Subj:Re: Starting glucophage with normal fasting insulin
> >> Date:6/18/2002 12:37:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time
> >> From:<A HREF="'">anonymous@medispecialty.com</A>
> >> Reply-to:<A HREF="'">pcos@obgyn.net</A>
> >> To:<A HREF="'">pcos@mail.medispecialty.com</A>
> >> Sent from the Internet
> >>
> >> At Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Joy wrote:
> >> >
> >> Do you think there is any harm in going ahead and trying
> >> >the glucophage?
> >>
> >> I had a fasting insulin level of 5 and am currently taking 1000 mg of
> >> glucophage a day, but have gone as high as 1500 with no problems. Have
> >> not done Atkins on glucophage, but have tried to avoid sugar and white
> >> flour and eat high fiber foods.
> >>
> >> Jessica
> >>
> >> --
> >> J.W.J.
> >>
>
> --
> Hope this helps,
>
> Belle
>
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