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Viewer Question

What form of information do you think you're
finding about using Glucophage in insulin resistant patients who in addition have
Polycystic Ovarian Disease
(PCO)

Signed, KL

Doctor's Answer

Glucophage currently is being tested in patients
with PCO, but studies are preliminary. This is a medication that's only
approved to treat diabetes. It is not approved to treat
PCO. There are numerous points that need to be clarified before it might be
common treatment for PCO. First, we have to know how to select PCO
patients that can benefit most out of using medication. We all know women
with PCO are a greater risk of also being diabetic. Performs this mean we
would only give glucophage to women with PCO whorrrre also diabetic Is
there some type of other test of insulin resistance, that happens before actual
diabetes, we are able to use in the foreseeable future to determine which women with PCO would
reap the benefits of glucophage We lack safety data in females who become
pregnant while taking glucophage. You will find dangerous of
infertility in PCO patients, many patients with PCO could get pregnant, either
intentionally or unintentionally. Must be fact, some preliminary
work demonstrates that women with PCO-associated infertility could actually get pregnant
quicker using "insulin sensitizing" therapy. These and many
other conditions of safety need tot be worked out before glucophage becomes standard
therapy for PCO. Thankfully this principals are progressing very
quickly.

Thank you on your question.

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