WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for May, 2001: Re: MEDICATION CONCERNS, GLUCOPHAGE. AYGESTIN, CLOMID

Re: MEDICATION CONCERNS, GLUCOPHAGE. AYGESTIN, CLOMID

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 May 2001 16:13:32 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 8 May 2001, marina wrote: >
>HI!
>
>I AM A SUFFERER OF P.C.O.S. I HAVE TRIED GETTING PREGNANT FOR 3 YEARS, SO
>I QUIT TAKING THE PILL (WHICH KEPT MY CYCLES REGULAR). MY DOCTOR RECENTLY
>PUT ME ON GLUCOPHAGE AND SLOWLY INCREASED MY DOSAGE TO 1000MG (I HAVE ALSO
>HAD 2 CYCLES OF CLOMID 5 DAYS 50MG) THANKFULLY, I AM ABLE TO START ON MY
>OWN ABOUT EVERY 2 MONTHS WITH THE GLUCOPHAGE RATHER THAN MY USUAL TIME
>(EVERY 3-4 MONTHS). TO DATE I HAVE BEEN MENSTRATING FOR 3 WEEKS AND IT'S
>PRETTY HEAVY. I VISITED MY DOCTORS OFFICE ON YESTERDAY, BECAUSE I WAS
>CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEAVINESS AND CLOTS ASSOCIATED WITH MY LONG PERIOD AND
>HE PRESCRIBED ME AYGESTIN TO STOP THE BLEEDING. HE WANTS ME TO TAKE 4@5MG A
>DAY UNTIL I STOP AND THEN 2@5MG A DAY FOR 3 WEEKS THERE AFTER. HE SAID I
>SHOULD START AGAIN WHEN I STOP THE AYGESTGIN, THEN I CAN TAKE MY 3RD CYCLE
>OF CLOMID WITH AN INCREASED DOSAGE OF 2@5MG PER DAY. WILL ALL THESE DRUGS
>WORK TOGETHER OKAY? THE AYGESTIN WARNS: DO NOT TAKE IF YOU PLAN TO BECOME
>PREGNANT. PLEASE HELP!
>
> MARINA, MBILLING@BROTHER.COM

This is a fairly common combination, and it should work well. You will not be getting pregnant while on the Aygestin, so that warning is moot.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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