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Re: My daughter quit taking glucophage
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 07:25:15 -0500 (CDT)
Good suggestions! Also you may want her to have her cortisol level
checked with the 24-hour urine test. This test is to check for Cushings
Syndrome which has many of the same symptoms as PCOS including weight
gain.
At Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Kristy wrote:
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>Click,
>
>Mary said that her daughter was on the Glucophage and Glucophage XR for
>1 year had no weight loss and also had tons of problems with GI upset so
>my question to you is this. Why would she go back on a medicine that
>she can't handle at all? The dosage doesn't matter, if the girl can't
>handle it she shouldn't be going back on it.
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>She needs to discuss with her dr what needs to be done next since she's
>having so many problems with weight loss.
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>I do agree that she probably needs to have her thyroid checked to see
>what's going on with that.
>
>She may also need to have a change in birth control pill.
>
>Kristy :)
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