Re: Pregnant - should I continue use of Metformin or go on Insulin?
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:09:30 -0500 (CDT)
I just did this through google, and couldn't find a single negative
article in the first 3 pages of links. All of the sites were positive
with reference to staying on metformin during pregnancy or at the very
least neutral (for example, pointing out that it has been proven safe in
animals during pregnancy but that tests have not yet been performed on
humans for ethical reasons.) I checked sites like perinatology.com and
rxlist.com and it is always listed as listed as a drug safe for use in
pregnancy. (Class B.)
Because I haven't come across these articles I would like to see them
for thir input, that would be really interesting to me. Are you able to
find them again and maybe post links?
At Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Anna wrote:
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>Hi Roxanne,
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>If you do a search on keywords: "metformin pregnancy safety" you will
>come up with lots of articles. When I was pregnant before, my
>endocrinologist then had put me on Insulin. Had a 2nd trimester loss,
>probably nothing to do with the drugs themselves.
>
>My current endo advised me to go on insulin when i get pregnant. Also
>the chief of obstetrics at Stanford also advised the same. However my
>high risk OB said ultimately its my choice.
>
>--
>Anna
>
>At Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Gray, wrote:
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>>What articles? All I've read has said that taking the Metformin into
>>the 2nd trimester increases the chances of a healthy delivery. Did I
>>miss something?
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>>Doctors and Ladies,
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>>I had a positive HPT and scheduled to go into do bloodwork in a day or
>>two.
>>I've been taking Metformin for 3-4 months as I'm insulin resistant.
>>Had higher blood glucose levels in my last pregnancy which ended in
>>fetal demise at 21 weeks. At that time I was taking insulin. TO
>>regulate my glucose levels after D&E, endo put me on Metformin 500mg,
>>3
>>times a day.
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>>Now I am having difficulty making the choice of staying on Metformin
>>(which is definitely less stressful than being on insulin) and seems
>>the
>>logical choice because I am producing enough insulin but utilization
>>is
>>not happening.
>>However after coming across so many articles on the safety of the
>>drug,
>>I am unsure. Doctor's and fellow PCOSers Please help!!!
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>>Thanks,
>>Anna
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