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Re: All those taking Metformin .........
From: Emajo (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 2 May 2003 08:29:42 -0500 (CDT)
im currently trying to encourage my gp to prescribe metformin to help my
pcos. im in the uk, he is reluctant because it is not lisenced for that
use, is ther any advice anyone can give for how i can win him over?
diabetes is in my family, i mentioned this to him and he took a urine
test "youre not diabetic", wats the difference in diabetes and IR??????
sorry for asking so many questions at once
Emajo
At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Sonnet wrote:
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>A fasting glucose test won't tell you whether or not you are IR, though.
>It will only tell you whether or not you're diabetic. (I had this
>trouble with my doctors in Australia, btw - every time I mentioned the
>IR thing to them they would promptly check my blood sugar, see that it
>was fine or slightly low, and dismiss me entirely!)
>
>I think though that you may have something with the overweight
>connection. Even though we know Met is good for treating PCOS whether
>or not you show up as IR or ar overweight or slender, I think us big
>girls get the prescriptions for it more often. Maybe they look at us
>and assume that there MUST be something metabolic going on in there, or
>our case is worse, or something? DOctors are frustrating!!
>
>At Tue, 27 Nov 2001, UK wrote:
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>>Just a quick question ....
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>>Did you have a fasting glucose test before being prescribed Metformin to
>>check if you are Insulin Resistant ?
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>>Some doctors are saying that Met only works if you are IR, yet they
>>prescribed it for me without testing if I was IR.
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>>Also, do you think that weight makes a difference as to whether Met is
>>prescribed ?
>>I wonder if the more overweight you are, the more likely they are to let
>>you try Met.
>>
>>Would be interested to hear peoples opinions.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Gem
>
>--
>Sonnet Fitzgerald, PCOS Association, Online Community Liaison. Email: sonnet@pcosupport.org
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