Yeah, I'm totally open to some other mechanism of bloodsugar control in place of metformin like, say, insulin therapy (if Layah is okay with that) or some other drug we haven't considered. What's problematic is that Layah's Dr. took her off the stuff entirely and gave her nothing in its place. So far as I can tell, no bloodsugar control at all for women with PCOS has decidedly far worse outcomes, based on the evidence available, than metformin use.
Maybe I'm not understanding correctly, but I thought that PCOS did not work the same as diabetes, and I can't just control diet instead of taking metformin like you could if you were diabetic. No doctor has ever suggested to me that I control my diet as if I were diabetic.
I don't know, 1st yr med here. We briefly went over Metaformin in embryology but beyond that I don't know much. Functionally, I don't see why diet wouldn't have *some* impact. Also, speaking as someone who is dealing with doctors, just becasue they haven't suggested it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
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Also, speaking as someone who is dealing with doctors, just becasue they haven't suggested it doesn't mean it isn't possible.
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