Metformin Pcos Weight Loss Forum

The truth is that it can result in weight loss but in most patients it won t result in weight loss.

Metformin pcos weight loss forum. If this is your first visit be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Metformin is a biguanide medication which acts through a number of mechanisms but the most important one is the sensitization of your cells to insulin. To start viewing messages select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

But the size of the effect is always small and is easily overshadowed by other interventions especially dietary change nieuwenhuis ruifrok et al. Click the register link above to proceed. Polycystic ovary syndrome or pcos is a condition caused by an over production of the luteinizing hormone from the pituitary gland.

To start viewing messages select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Weight loss is a feature of protracted metformin therapy in obese women with pcos with greater weight reduction potentially achievable with higher doses. Pcos treatments and conditions.

For example some smaller and older metformin weight loss pcos studies show a slight benefit from this drug. I found it did not help me at all with weight loss and actually made me quite groggy. Click the register link above to proceed.

This over production causes a hormonal imbalance in estrogen progesterone and insulin. Additional studies are required to determine whether other aspects of the disorder may benefit from the higher dose of metformin. You may have to register before you can post.

First let s talk about how it can cause weight loss.