LADIES on METFORMIN for PCOS

[KerryRNY04162015 30]

LADIES on METFORMIN for PCOS... Did you stop taking the medication during your pre op liquid diet?

[kcadoret 81]

No I continued it.

[Mommabird 367]

I was already off of it during weight loss for the insurance company, my blood sugar levels dropped so low I had to stop taking it. That being said, I would have had to stop taking it 48 hours before surgery.

[Melanie36 71]

Yes. I stopped it. I figured I didn't "need it" for diabetes, and my surgeon supported me stopping that and spironolactone before surgery. I wanted to be as drug free and healthy as possible.

Now that I'm about 6+ weeks out, I'm thinking of starting the spironolactone up again. My surgeon didn't care one way or the other if I continued to take the met or Spiro, and she basically told me to ask my OBGYN that's been managing my PCOS.

I'm down 62 pounds since I started my pre-op! (30 of them since surgery on 2/16)

[Mommabird 367]

I was taken off my spironolactone before surgery and told that I wouldn't be allowed to go back on it post-op.

[KerryRNY04162015 30]

I've stopped taking since the liquid diet. No need for it ????

[jbauman13 9]

Yes, per my dr's directions. He was afraid it would drop my sugar too low.