Metformin, anything else for PCOS? - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Message Board

innerstrength86 · 04-01-2007, 01:10 PM

Is Metformin the only "cure" for PCOS?
I have not been diagnosed, but I am almost positive I have it after reading some of your posts, talking to my doctor, and researching on my own. I will be undergoing more tests this month.
Isn't Metformin used to stabilize blood sugar/help weight loss? I'm just wondering because I'm not exactly overweight.

Seems strange there wouldn't be something more specific to PCOS - or is there?

Have you successfully gotten your menstrual cycle back?
I'm praying for the day mine will return...

lisa222 · 04-01-2007, 06:07 PM

PCOS is caused by insulin problems, so stabilizing you insulin and glucose levels with metformin gets to the root of the problem. There are lots of meds to treat PCOS, depending on your symptoms, and what you want to achieve. Metformin, birth control pills, spiro... But for some people, metformin alone works well. A low carb diet has helped me more than anything. I am still trying to find out the best medice combination to be on. I am on Metformin and spiro. Which sympoms do you want to control? Are you trying to get pregnant?

innerstrength86 · 04-01-2007, 07:36 PM

Thanks for your reply.
No, I am not trying to get pregnant (at the moment - in the future I will be though). I haven't had my period in a long time and the doctor's can't figure out why. (Like I said, I'm not underweight, but I'm not considered overweight either.)
I'm back on birth control, so maybe it'll return. First month back on it, still no period. This is the second month, and I have another week to go, so we'll see, but I doubt it.
I really need to figure out the root of all this before I start believing I have something that I may not even have...anticipating my ultrasound next week...thanks a lot for your help!

emmaline214 · 04-02-2007, 06:24 PM

I have PCOS and I actually am battling a weight problem. My doctor said that Metformin is not necessarily needed in every PCOS patient because not everyone has the "diabetic" type symptoms. I don't; however, she put me in a 1000 calorie diet and if I still don't lose weight then I have to be put on Metformin. I also take Yaz and I now have my cycles regularly which was very rare for me.