PCOS Messages for December, 2002: Re: I want to try glucophage...

Re: I want to try glucophage...

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:37:18 -0600 (CST)

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Some of the IR type symptoms that went away when I started it, started to come back a bit later on, and increasing my glucophage dosage didn't help. That's why my doctor thinks there may be something actually causing the insulin/glucose imbalance to begin with, rather than IR being the top problem. He said it might be excess cortisol which he said can happen in women with pcos. So I took the test for it a couple days ago and waiting for the results. If it's not cortisol, then it's something else.

Also, my IR did not show up on the fasting test, but did show up very borderline on the after breakfast test.

Insulin resistance can be a big factor in causing pcos, even if it's mild, but I am finding out through this new doctor I am seeing that there can be other factors actually causing the insulin resistance.

This is all news to me, a big surprise. I am glad I found this doctor. He is very thorough and is doing a number of tests on me, insisting he's going to find the problem.

At Thu, 19 Dec 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>How do you know glucophage stopped working for you?
>
>At Thu, 19 Dec 2002, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I had this problem as well. I went on glucophage even though my tests
>
>>were normal, and it helped for awhile, and then stopped.
>>
>>Before you jump to conclusions, have your endocrinologist do some
>>additional testing. How about the 24 hour urine test that measures the
>>cortisol output by your adrenal glands. High levels of cortisol can
>>also be a culprit to sugar/insulin problems and pcos symptoms.
>>
>>There may be some other issues too. Get a good doctor and figure out
>>exactly what is wrong before you take medication.
>>
>>At Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Sabine wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi ladies,
>>>I am not sure what to do. I have pcos and I am currently on spiro and
>>>an antibiotic for acne. I would like to try glucophage and stop my
>>>other meds. The problem is that I am not overweight and my tests don't
>>>show IR. My periods have always been irregular, my free test. are a
>>>bit high and I am not ovulating. My question is how should I go about
>>>convincing my dr to give me glucophage.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Sabine
>>>

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